Estimation of annual incidence, age-specific incidence rate, and cumulative risk of rotavirus gastroenteritis among children in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 166-171

  Yokoo, Michiyo ^a   Arisawa, Kokichi ^a   Nakagomi, Osamu ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENTS; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 4644318821     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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