Abstract
We present the results of a prospective multi-center, community-based epidemiological observational study regarding the clinical burden of pediatric rotavirus gastroenteritis (PRG) in Greece.
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Abbreviations
- PRG:
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pediatric rotavirus gastroenteritis
- AGE:
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acute gastroenteritis
- HEU:
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hospital emergency units
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the members of the Greek ROTASCORE Study Group for their important contribution to the implementation of the epidemiological study.
We also would like to thank the pharmaceutical companies VIANEX and Sanofi Pasteur MSD for providing the test kits for rotavirus antigen stool detection.
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Georgios Trimis has to declare that he is working as a Consultant in the pharmaceutical company VIANEX, representative of Sanofi Pasteur MSD in Greece, which has the marketing authorization of RotaTeq (rotavirus vaccine) in Greece. All the other authors have no financial relationship to disclose.
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Georgios Trimis is working as a Consultant in the pharmaceutical company VIANEX, representative of Sanofi Pasteur MSD in Greece, which has the marketing authorization of RotaTeq (rotavirus vaccine) in Greece. All other authors do not declare any financial relationship to disclose.
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Pharmaceutical companies VIANEX and Sanofi Pasteur MSD provided the test kits for rotavirus antigen stool detection.
An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0613-x
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Kavaliotis, I., Papaevangelou, V., Aggelakou, V. et al. ROTASCORE Study: Epidemiological observational study of acute gastroenteritis with or without rotavirus in Greek children younger than 5 years old. Eur J Pediatr 167, 707–708 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0570-4
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