Global illness and deaths caused by rotavirus disease in children

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 565-572

  Parashar, Umesh D ^a,c   Hummelman, Erik G ^a   Bresee, Joseph S ^a   Miller, Mark A ^b   Glass, Roger I ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NONHUMAN; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0038415839     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0905.020562     Document Type: Article

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