Gastroenteritis and the Indian Sub-Continent: Need for diarrhea-defying vaccines

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 7718-7719

  Rai, Mohammad A ^a   Iqbal, Arshad ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; India; Pakistan; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; LETTER; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INDIA; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES;

EID: 35348910717     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.08.040     Document Type: Letter

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