Early-life infection burden is associated with an increased risk for later moderate-to-severe infections and systemic antibiotic treatments to age 10 or 13 years.
Researchers have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, makes people sick. The study is among the first to show that the rotavirus ...
Individuals who come down with gastroenteritis typically experience ... visits and 58,000-80,000 hospitalizations among children under 5 years old, as well as 100,000-150,000 hospitalizations ...
Most of the time, gastroenteritis is caused by a virus, especially norovirus for adults and rotavirus in children. The Government of Quebec noted these viruses typically circulate in the fall and ...