Estimates of the burden of rotavirus disease in Malaysia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Hsu, Vincent P ^a,d   Rahman, Hasan Bin Abdul ^b   Wong, Swee Lan ^b   Ibrahim, Lailanor H J ^b   Yusoff, Ahmad Faudzi H J ^b   Chan, Lee Gaik ^c   Parashar, Umesh ^a   Glass, Roger I ^a,d   Bresee, Joseph ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^d MS G 04 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 23944483525     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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