The epidemiology and burden of childhood rotavirus infection in a Tertiary Hospital in Sabah, Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-149

  Goh, C T ^a   Cheah, P K ^a   Soo, T L ^a   Lee, Way Seah ^b  

^a Hospital Likas   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Childhood rotavirus infection; Sabah

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; GASTROENTERITIS; INCIDENCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77449145990     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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