Burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in the Middle Eastern and North African pediatric population

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khoury, Hanane ^a   Ogilvie, Isla ^a   El Khoury, Antoine C ^b   Duan, Yinghui ^c   Goetghebeur, Mireille M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE EAST; MORBIDITY; NORTH AFRICA; PREVALENCE; REHYDRATION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); AFRICA; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PEDIATRICS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650952505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-9     Document Type: Article

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