ROTASCORE Study: epidemiological observational study of acute gastroenteritis with or without rotavirus in Greek children younger than 5 years old

Ioannis Kavaliotis; Vassiliki Papaevangelou; Vassiliki Aggelakou; Lito Mantagou; Georgios Trimis; Vithleem Papadopoulou; Georgia Vlachaki; Nikoleta Nikolakopoulou; Andreas Konstantopoulos; Greek ROTASCORE Study Group

doi:10.1007/s00431-007-0570-4

ROTASCORE Study: epidemiological observational study of acute gastroenteritis with or without rotavirus in Greek children younger than 5 years old

Eur J Pediatr. 2008 Jun;167(6):707-8. doi: 10.1007/s00431-007-0570-4. Epub 2007 Jul 25.

Authors

Ioannis Kavaliotis¹, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, Vassiliki Aggelakou, Lito Mantagou, Georgios Trimis, Vithleem Papadopoulou, Georgia Vlachaki, Nikoleta Nikolakopoulou, Andreas Konstantopoulos; Greek ROTASCORE Study Group

Affiliation

¹ Pediatric Department, Thessaloniki Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 17653571
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0570-4

Abstract

We present the results of a prospective multi-center, community-based epidemiological observational study regarding the clinical burden of pediatric rotavirus gastroenteritis (PRG) in Greece.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Child
Child, Preschool
Epidemiologic Studies
Feces / virology
Female
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
Gastroenteritis / virology*
Greece / epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Male
Prospective Studies
Rotavirus / immunology*
Rotavirus / isolation & purification
Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Rotavirus Infections / virology*