Intussusception-associated hospitalization among Venezuelan infants during 1998 through 2001: Anticipating rotavirus vaccines

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-239

  Pérez Schael, Irene ^a   Escalona, Marisol ^c   Salinas, Belén ^c   Materán, Mercedes ^c   Egleé Pérez, María ^b   González, Germán ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Intussusception rate; Rotavirus disease; Venezuelan infants

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VENEZUELA; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 17744407291     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000055064.76457.f3     Document Type: Article

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