Visualizing geographic and temporal trends in rotavirus activity in the United States, 1991 to 1996

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 941-946

  Török, Thomas J ^a   Kilgore, Paul E ^a,b   Clarke, Matthew J ^a   Holman, Robert C ^a   Bresee, Joseph S ^a   Glass, Roger I ^a,c  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Disease outbreaks; Epidemiology; Gastro enteritis; Kriging; Rotavirus infections; Seasons; Spatial analysis; Surveillance; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342327315     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199710000-00007     Document Type: Article

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