Rotavirus-associated Acute Gastroenteritis Hospitalizations among Japanese children aged <5 years: Active rotavirus surveillance in Mie Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 482-487

  Kamiya, Hajime ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^b   Kamiya, Hitoshi ^b   Yui, Akiko ^c   Taniguchi, Koki ^c   Parashar, Umesh ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 82355168988     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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