Hospital-based surveillance to estimate the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children below five years of age in Romania

GERMS

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 30-40

  Anca, Ioana Alina ^a   Furtunescu, Florentina Ligia ^a   Pleşca, Doina ^a   Streinu Cercel, Adrian ^a   Ruginǎ, Sorin ^b   Holl, Katsiaryna ^c,d  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Romania)

^c OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Epidemiology; Incidence; Nosocomial; Romania; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84902384458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22482997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11599/germs.2014.1053     Document Type: Article

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