Rotavirus and severe childhood diarrhea

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-306

  Parashar, Umesh D ^a,b   Gibson, Christopher J ^a   Bresee, Joseph S ^a   Glass, Roger I ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33644502891     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1202.050006     Document Type: Article

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