Clinical characteristics of rotavirus diarrhea in hospitalized Romanian infants

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-91

  Lesanu, Gabriela ^a   Becheanu, Cristina Adriana ^a   Vlad, Raluca Maria ^a   Pacurar, Daniela ^a   Tincu, Iulia Florentina ^a   Smadeanu, Roxana Elena ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

enteritis; infants; rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROMANIA; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84871726562     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182706152     Document Type: Article

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