Hospital surveillance of rotavirus infection and nosocomial transmission of rotavirus disease among children in Guinea-Bissau

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-237

  Rodrigues, Amabélia ^a   De Carvalho, Melo ^c   Monteiro, Serifo ^d   Mikkelsen, Carsten Sauer ^b   Aaby, Peter ^a,b   Mølbak, Kåre ^b   Fischer, Thea Kølsen ^b  

^a Projecto de Saúde de Bandim ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c Hospital Nacional Simao Mendes   (Guinea-Bissau)

^d Lab Nac de Saude Pub   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

Deaths; Hospital; Nosocomial transmission; Rotavirus; Surveillance; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847351685     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000254389.65667.8b     Document Type: Article

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