An investigation into the possible role of the family unit in the transmission of rotavirus infections of children

A survey of young children hospitalized with viral gastroenteritis, and of the members of some of their families, was carried out. Results showed rotavirus to be the principal agent associated with the condition though other types were also detected. In addition, rotavirus was found in the stools of...

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Autores principales: Wyn-Jones, A.P., Lillington, A.W., Alzaka, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Ltd. 1978
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7131691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/213802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0033-3506(78)80082-1
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spelling pubmed-71316912020-04-08 An investigation into the possible role of the family unit in the transmission of rotavirus infections of children Wyn-Jones, A.P. Lillington, A.W. Alzaka, A. Public Health Article A survey of young children hospitalized with viral gastroenteritis, and of the members of some of their families, was carried out. Results showed rotavirus to be the principal agent associated with the condition though other types were also detected. In addition, rotavirus was found in the stools of some of the members of each of the families investigated, and it is suggested that means of spread is the faecal-oral route within family groups. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 1978-11 2006-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7131691/ /pubmed/213802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0033-3506(78)80082-1 Text en Copyright © 1978 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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