Open AccessAcute Gastroenteritis Disease Burden in Infants With Medical Risk Conditions in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Josephine A P van Dongen,
Elsbeth D M Rouers,
Rob Schuurman,
Marc J. M. Bonten,
Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003002
Subject(s) - medicine , rotavirus , astrovirus , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , norovirus , confidence interval , diarrhea , virus , immunology , physics , optics
Infants with medical risk conditions are vulnerable to childhood infections including acute gastroenteritis (AGE). To guide prevention programs, we quantified AGE incidence, severity and virus prevalence among medical risk infants in the Netherlands.