Hospitalizations for Diarrhea in Quebec Children from 1985 to 1998: Estimates of Rotavirus-Associated Diarrhea

René-Pierre Buigues; Bernard Duval; Louis Rochette; Nicole Boulianne; Monique Douville-Fradet; Pierre Déry; Gaston De Serres

doi:10.1155/2002/723804

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2002)

Hospitalizations for Diarrhea in Quebec Children from 1985 to 1998: Estimates of Rotavirus-Associated Diarrhea

René-Pierre Buigues,
Bernard Duval,
Louis Rochette,
Nicole Boulianne,
Monique Douville-Fradet,
Pierre Déry,
Gaston De Serres

Affiliations

René-Pierre Buigues: Public Health Research Unit, CHUL Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Bernard Duval: Public Health Research Unit, CHUL Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Louis Rochette: Public Health Research Unit, CHUL Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Nicole Boulianne: Public Health Research Unit, CHUL Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Monique Douville-Fradet: Public Health Research Unit, CHUL Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Pierre Déry: Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Québec, Québec City, Quebec, Canada
Gaston De Serres: Public Health Research Unit, CHUL Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2002/723804
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 4
pp. 239 – 244

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To characterize the incidence and duration of hospitalization due to diarrhea and to assess the proportion of hospitalizations that are attributed to rotavirus-associated diarrhea.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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