High incidence of G9P[8] rotavirus infections in Italian children during the winter season 1999-2000

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 711-714

  Arista, S ^b   Vizzi, E ^b   Migliore, M C ^b   Di Rosa, E ^b   Cascio, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Gastroenteritis; Italy; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHYDRATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING; WINTER; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PHYLOGENY; SEASON; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0041520803     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024884103757     Document Type: Article

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