The incidence and clinical presentation of infantile rotavirus diarrhoea in Sierra Leone

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-252

  de Villiers, François P R ^a   Sawyerr, Thomas N ^a,b   de Villiers, Gillian K ^c  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Ola During Children's Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 68149094053     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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