Healthcare-associated viral gastroenteritis among children in a large pediatric hospital, United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-62

  Cunliffe, Nigel A ^a,b   Booth, J Angela ^a   Elliot, Claire ^b,c   Lowe, Sharon J ^a,b   Sopwith, Will ^c   Kitchin, Nick ^d   Nakagomi, Osamu ^e   Nakagomi, Toyoko ^e   Hart, C Anthony ^a,b   Regan, Martyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 73949137691     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1601.090401     Document Type: Article

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