Epidemiology and burden of rotavirus diarrhea in day care centers in Lyon, France.

Abstract

This study gives, for the first time, an estimate of the incidence and the cost of rotavirus infection in day care centers in Lyon, France.

• Authors: Daniel Floret, Bruno Lina, Sybil Pinchinat, Geneviève Billaud, Fatima Aït-Belghiti, Nathalie Largeron, Béatrice Bellemin, Cao Nong Trang, Catherine Fau, Claude Gaspard, Valérie Mamoux, Lydie Marcelon
• Journal: European journal of pediatrics (Eur J Pediatr) Vol. 165 Issue 12 Pg. 905-6 (Dec 2006) ISSN: 0340-6199 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 16900310 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study)

Topics

• Breast Feeding (statistics & numerical data)
• Child Day Care Centers
• Child, Preschool
• Cost of Illness
• Diarrhea (economics, epidemiology, virology)
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• France (epidemiology)
• Gastroenteritis (economics, epidemiology, virology)
• Humans
• Incidence
• Infant
• Male
• Patient Acceptance of Health Care (statistics & numerical data)
• Rotavirus Infections (economics, epidemiology)
• Sex Distribution
• Sick Leave