Sentinel hospital surveillance for rotavirus diarrhea in Taiwan, 2001-2003

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Chen, Kow Tong ^a,e   Chen, Po Yen ^f   Tang, Ren Bin ^c   Huang, Yung Feng ^g   Lee, Ping Ing ^d   Yang, Jyh Yuan ^b   Chen, Hour Young ^b   Bresee, Joseph ^h   Hummelman, Erik ^h   Glass, Roger ^h  

^a Field Epidemiology Training Program   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Veteran General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^g KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 23944524403     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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