Primary care-based surveillance to estimate the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis among children aged less than 5 years in six European countries

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-222

  Diez Domingo, Javier ^g   Baldo, Jose Maria ^a   Patrzalek, Marian ^b   Pazdiora, Petr ^c   Forster, Johannes ^d   Cantarutti, Luigi ^e   Pirçon, Jean Yves ^f   Soriano Gabarró, Montse ^f   Meyer, Nadia ^f  

^a Centro de Salud Nazaret   (Spain)

^b Nzoz Promed   (Poland)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d St Josefskrankenhaus   (Germany)

^e Pedianet Network   (Italy)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Gastroenteritis; Rotavirus; Surveillance; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PEDIATRICIAN; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 78951486548     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1289-1     Document Type: Article

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