Anticipating rotavirus vaccines: Epidemiology and surveillance of rotavirus in South Africa

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 354-360

  Steele, A D ^a   Peenze, I ^a   De Beer, M C ^a   Pager, C T ^a   Yeats, J ^b   Potgieter, N ^d   Ramsaroop, U ^c   Page, N A ^a   Mitchell, J O ^a   Geyer, A ^a   Bos, P ^a   Alexander, J J ^c  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Rotavirus vaccine; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE GASTROENTERITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037449501     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00615-1     Document Type: Article

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