The clinical and molecular epidemiology of community- and healthcare-acquired rotavirus gastroenteritis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-58

  Smith, Michael J ^a,b,c,f   Clark, H Fred ^a   Lawley, Diane ^a   Bell, Louis M ^a,b,d   Hodinka, Richard L ^a,b,c   Distefano, Daniel J ^e   Kulnis, Gregory ^e   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a,b,c   Coffin, Susan E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Divisions of General Pediatrics   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare acquired infection; Molecular epidemiology; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 37549012575     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31814b279d     Document Type: Article

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