Estimating the incidence of symptomatic rotavirus infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Bilcke, Joke ^a   Van Damme, Pierre ^a   Van Ranst, Marc ^b   Hens, Niel ^a,c   Aerts, Marc ^c   Beutels, Philippe ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIARRHEA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ROTAVIRUS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67649488093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006060     Document Type: Review

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