The occurrence of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in children under 3 years of age before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine: A prospective observational study in three pediatric clinics in Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 304-306

  Oishi, Tomohiro ^a   Taguchi, Tetsuo ^b   Nakano, Tokushi ^c   Sudo, Shoji ^d   Kuwajima, Hiroaki ^e  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Niigata Prefecture Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Nakano Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^d Sudo Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^e Pediatric Department Kuwajima Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; YOUNG ADULT; GASTROENTERITIS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84905032878     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.67.304     Document Type: Article

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