Season of birth and risk of rotavirus diarrhoea in children aged <5 years

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 957-960

  Atchison, Christina J ^a   Tam, C C ^a   Lopman, B A ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Gastroenteritis; Rotavirus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER; BIRTH; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARTURITION; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 67650485964     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001933     Document Type: Article

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