Burden of rotavirus-associated and non-rotavirus-associated diarrhea among nonhospitalized individuals in central Italy: A 1-year sentinel-based epidemiological and virological surveillance

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Ansaldi, Filippo ^a   Lai, Piero ^a   Valle, Laura ^a   Riente, Rosamaria ^a   Durando, Paolo ^a   Sticchi, Laura ^a   Tucci, Pierluigi ^b   Biasci, Paolo ^b   Crovari, Pietro ^a   Gasparini, Roberto ^a   Icardi, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Italian Federation of Paediatricians ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; TELECONSULTATION; VIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 40749128923     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527449     Document Type: Article

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