Severity and age of rotavirus diarrhea, but not socioeconomic conditions, are associated with rotavirus seasonality in Venezuela

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 562-567

  Schael, Irene Pérez ^a   Lez, Rosabel Gonzá ^a   Salinas, Belén ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Rotavirus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VENEZUELA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; AGE; ANIMAL; CITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ROTAVIRUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 60049093147     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21420     Document Type: Article

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