Estimating the number of deaths with rotavirus as a cause in England and Wales

Human Vaccines

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-26

  Jit, Mark ^a   Pebody, Richard ^a   Chen, Mark ^a   Andrews, Nick ^a   Edmunds, W John ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Gastroenterititis; Regression analysis; Rotavirus; Rotavirus vaccines (all MeSH terms)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATALITY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REMISSION; ROTAVIRUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 33847032553     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.3.1.3748     Document Type: Article

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