Acute Gastroenteritis Disease Burden in Infants With Medical Risk Conditions in the Netherlands
Background: Infants with medical risk conditions are vulnerable to childhood infections including acute gastroenteritis (AGE). To guide prevention programs, we quantified AGE incidence, severity and virus prevalence among medical risk infants in the Netherlands. Methods: This prospective cohort-study was part of the RIVAR-project recruiting infants with prematurity, low birth weight or severe congenital conditions in 13 hospitals. Follow-up included 18 monthly health questionnaires detailing AGE symptoms and healthcare usage. Parents were also instructed to notify when an infant developed AGE,... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ; volume 40, issue 4, page 300-305 ; ISSN 0891-3668 |
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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Schlagwörter: | Infectious Diseases / Microbiology (medical) / Pediatrics / Perinatology and Child Health |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27222125 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000003002 |