Preventing rotavirus gastroenteritis: Do you have the facts?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 564-567

  Davidson, Geoffrey ^a,b   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^c,d,e   Kirkwood, Carl ^f   Pearce, Rodney ^g  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e Centre for Evidence Based Paediatrics Gastroenterology and Nutrition   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g Beulah Park Medical Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rotarix; RotaTeq; Rotavirus infections; Rotavirus vaccines

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

AGE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; IRRITABILITY; LICENSING; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SIDE EFFECT; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VOMITING;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES;

EID: 34447301020     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01163.x     Document Type: Review

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