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European Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics 1/2008

01-01-2008 | Original Paper

Rotavirus gastroenteritis: epidemiological data from a regional hospital in Belgium

Authors: Marc Raes, Peter Aerssens, Philippe Alliet, Philippe Gillis, Marie-Paule Verjans, Alex Mewis

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

The Belgian Institute of Public Health registered from 2000 to 2005 a yearly average of 6,790 hospital admissions for rotavirus gastroenteritis in children less than 5 years of age. Very efficacious rotavirus vaccines are available nowadays. The surveillance of hospitalisation due to rotavirus gastroenteritis is a good target for the follow-up of vaccine-related prevention. In a large regional Belgian hospital, rotavirus is associated with 12% to 21% of all hospitalisation days among children less than 2 years of age. The general implementation of rotavirus vaccination could dramatically reduce the hospitalisation of young children due to rotavirus gastroenteritis in developed countries.
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Metadata
Title
Rotavirus gastroenteritis: epidemiological data from a regional hospital in Belgium
Authors
Marc Raes
Peter Aerssens
Philippe Alliet
Philippe Gillis
Marie-Paule Verjans
Alex Mewis
Publication date
01-01-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0428-9

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