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Health Care–Associated Rotavirus Illness in Pediatric Inpatients in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Ivo M. Foppa ,
Wilfried Karmaus ,
Birgit Ehlkenm ,
Martin Frühwirth ,
Ulrich Heininger ,
Anita Plenge-Bönig  and
Johannes Forster
Ivo M. Foppa*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina
Wilfried Karmaus
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina
Birgit Ehlkenm
Affiliation:
Medical Economics Research Group, Munich, Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt, Hamburg, Germany
Martin Frühwirth
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Basel, Switzerland
Ulrich Heininger
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Hygiene, Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt, Hamburg, Germany
Anita Plenge-Bönig
Affiliation:
University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Johannes Forster
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, St. Josefskrankenhaus, Freiburg, Germany
*
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, 800 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29208 ([email protected])
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Abstract

A longitudinal study of health care-associated transmission of rotaviruses (RVs) in pediatric inpatients 0-48 months old in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland showed that almost one third of all cases occurred in patients 2 months old or younger. The effectiveness of vaccination against RV from 2 months of age onward remains to be evaluated.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , June 2006 , pp. 633 - 635
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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