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Epidemiology of acute viral gastroenteritis in children hospitalized in Rouen, France

Clinical Infectious Diseases (2002) 34(9) 1170-1178
DOI: 10.1086/339807
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This study assessed the epidemiologic characteristics of acute viral gastroenteritis in hospitalized children. A stool sample obtained from each child was analyzed for the presence of astrovirus, calicivirus, rotavirus, adenovirus, enterovirus, and digestive bacteria. Of the 438 stool samples obtained, 138 tested positive for ≥1 pathogen during the winters of 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 (P

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Marie-Cardine, A., Gourlain, K., Mouterde, O., Castignolles, N., Hellot, M. F., Mallet, E., & Buffet-Janvresse, C. (2002). Epidemiology of acute viral gastroenteritis in children hospitalized in Rouen, France. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 34(9), 1170–1178. https://doi.org/10.1086/339807

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