The data currently available on the epidemiology, severity and economic burden of nosocomial rotavirus (RV) infections in children younger than 5 years of age in the major European countries are… (More)
PURPOSE
In this proof-of-concept paper we describe the framework, process, and preliminary results of combining data from European electronic healthcare record (EHR) databases for large-scale… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To provide an overview of drug use in children in three European countries.
DESIGN
Retrospective cohort study, 2000-5.
SETTING
Primary care research databases in the Netherlands (IPCI),… (More)
The degree of diversity of cocirculating human rotavirus wild-type strains is high. This article reviews the occurrence and frequency of rotavirus types in European children younger than 5 years of… (More)
Intussusception, a potentially lethal condition with poorly understood etiology, is the most common cause of acute intestinal obstruction in children younger than 5 years old. In some cases, the… (More)
AIM
To investigate rates and determinants of adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Italian children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
METHODS
An observational, cross-sectional… (More)
The number of adults becoming infected in Europe continues to increase, with heterosexual contact accounting for a growing proportion of cases in Western Europe. There is particular concern for the… (More)
Asthma drugs are amongst the most frequently used drugs in childhood, but international comparisons on type and indication of use are lacking. The aim of this study was to describe asthma drug use in… (More)
Vaccine Research Centre, University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere, Finland, {Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University… (More)
BACKGROUND
Each year rotavirus gastroenteritis results in thousands of paediatric hospitalisations and primary care visits in the Netherlands. While two vaccines against rotavirus are registered,… (More)