Enteropathogens and Other Factors Associated with Severe Disease in Children with Acute Watery Diarrhea in Lima, Peru

This study, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, of children presenting with mild to severe diarrhea and dehydration at a hospital in Peru describes rotavirus serotypes and risk factors for infection, and offers support for the development of a rotavirus vaccine.

Author(s): Cama R, Parashar U, Taylor D, et al.

Published: 1999