Risk factors for gastroenteritis in child day care

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2707-2720

  Enserink, R ^a,b   Mughini Gras, L ^a,c   Duizer, E ^a   Kortbeek, T ^a   Van Pelt, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; gastroenteritis; gastrointestinal infections; paediatrics; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROWDING (AREA); CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DAY CARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISINFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84941023965     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814003367     Document Type: Article

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