Hospitalizations associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis in Israel - A retrospective study

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Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-11

  Grisaru soen, Galia ^a   Engelhard, Dan ^b   Pearl, Sivan ^c   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^d   Shtein, Michal ^e   Ashkenazi, Shai ^f  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Asaf Harofe Medical Center   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Hospitalizations; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 42949114965     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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