690 Seasonal Distribution of Acute Gastroenteritis Caused by Rotavirus
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Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by human group C rotavirus in a primary school.
In most cases, gastroenteritis caused by human group C rotaviruS (CHRV) is sporadic. However, beginning with an outbreak in Fukuil Prefecture in 1988 ( I ), several mass outbreaks of CHRV gastroenteritis have been reported in Japan (2-6). Asshown in Table I, outbreak at schools has been frequent in April and May. This report briefly summarizes a similar outbreak in a primary school in Okayama P...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.0690