Intussusception in children in Southern Israel: disparity between 2 populations
| Autor: | Nitza Newman, Zehavi Cohen, Ron Dagan, John Wheeler, David Greenberg, Noga Givon-Lavi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Population medicine.disease_cause Intussusception (medical disorder) Rotavirus Epidemiology medicine Ethnicity Prevalence Humans Israel education Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study business.industry Age Factors Infant Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Rotavirus vaccine Gastroenteritis Vaccination Infectious Diseases El Niño Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Seasons business Intussusception |
| Zdroj: | The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 27(3) |
| ISSN: | 0891-3668 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Intussusception has been associated with 1 rotavirus vaccine. Our objective was to determine intussusception rates in children in southern Israel during a 15-year period before the introduction of new rotavirus vaccines. METHODS: All children born at the Soroka Medical Center are hospitalized in that center, enabling population-based studies. Two populations reside in Southern Israel: the Jewish population (comparable to a Western population) and the Bedouin population (comparable to a developing population). Retrospectively, all children |
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