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

Received 12 December 2005 ,Revised 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.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.04.010

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

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