Incidence and comparison of retrospective and prospective data on respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in German households

Abstract Background Acute respiratory infections (ARI) and acute gastrointestinal infections (AGI) are the most common childhood infections, and corresponding data can either be collected prospectively or retrospectively. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of respiratory and gastroi...

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Main Authors: Kristin Maria Schlinkmann, Abhishek Bakuli, Rafael Mikolajczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2434-5