Incidence of hospitalization due to community-acquired rotavirus infection: a 12-year study (1996–2008)

The incidence of hospitalization for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a useful parameter to assess the utility of the new rotavirus vaccines in high-income countries. Children hospitalized for AGE were identified by searching hospital discharge data and the records of the microbiology laboratory of Ho...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology and infection 2010-09, Vol.138 (9), p.1235-1241
Hauptverfasser:	CILLA, G., GOMARIZ, M., MONTES, M., MENDIBURU, M. I., PÉREZ-YARZA, E. G., PÉREZ-TRALLERO, E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Age Antigens Biological and medical sciences Chi-Square Distribution Child, Preschool Children Community epidemics Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology Community-Acquired Infections - virology Diarrhea Epidemiology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Gastroenteritis - virology Gastroenteritis in children Hospital admissions Hospitalization Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Humans Immunization Incidence Infant Infectious diseases Laboratories Longitudinal Studies Male Medical records Microbiology Miscellaneous Nosocomial infections Patients Pediatrics Population Rotavirus Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology Spain - epidemiology Vaccination Vaccines Virology Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	The incidence of hospitalization for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a useful parameter to assess the utility of the new rotavirus vaccines in high-income countries. Children hospitalized for AGE were identified by searching hospital discharge data and the records of the microbiology laboratory of Hospital Donostia. Rotavirus antigen was investigated in 96·1% of the 1114 children aged 1 month to
ISSN:	0950-2688 1469-4409
DOI:	10.1017/S095026881000004X