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The clinical and molecular epidemiology of community- and healthcare-acquired rotavirus gastroenteritis.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jan 2008
Smith Michael J, Clark H Fred, Lawley Diane, Bell Louis M, Hodinka Richard L, DiStefano Daniel J, Kulnis Gregory, Zaoutis Theoklis E, Coffin Susan E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus is the most common etiologic agent of healthcare-acquired diarrhea in pediatric patients. There has been little published information on healthcare-acquired rotavirus infection. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study of children hospitalized with rotavirus gastroenteritis at our institution between December 1999 and May 2004. Patients with community- and healthcare-acquired rotavirus...
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