The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 4 , Pages 452-460.e1, October 2006

Risk factors for intussusception in infants in Vietnam and Australia: Adenovirus implicated, but not rotavirus

Departments of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Emergency Medicine, Microbiology, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville; the Department of Paediatrics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne; the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth; and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Australia; and the Department of Surgery, National Hospital of Paediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Received 12 December 2005; received in revised form 27 February 2006; accepted 5 April 2006.

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 Supported by a Research Grant from Vaccines and Biologicals, Initiative in Vaccine Research, World Health Organisation, Geneva. The funding source had no involvement in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report.Members of our group have received research grants for studies on rotavirus and intussusception surveillance in Australia from GlaxoSmithKline and CSL Pty. Ltd., but these have had no influence on the initiation, design, or data analysis of this study or preparation of this manuscript.

PII: S0022-3476(06)00307-6

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.04.010

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The Journal of Pediatrics
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