Temporal and geographic trends of rotavirus activity in the United States, 1997-2004

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 451-454

  Turcios, Reina M ^a,c   Curns, Aaron T ^b   Holman, Robert C ^b   Pandya Smith, Indra ^a   LaMonte, Ashley ^a   Bresee, Joseph S ^a   Glass, Roger I ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Rotavirus; Seasonality; United States

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

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

EID: 33646787411     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000214987.67522.78     Document Type: Article

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