The clinical burden of rotavirus disease: Retrospective analysis of infant and childhood gastroenteritis in seven countries in central and eastern Europe

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Mészner, Zsófia ^a,i   Balogh, Ágnes ^a   Bányai, Krisztián ^b   Kovács, József ^c   Pazdiora, Petr ^d   Mrukowicz, Jacek ^e   Molnár, Géza ^f   Tatochenko, Vladimir ^g   Avdicova, Maria ^h   Kraigher, Alenka ^b  

^a Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

^b Institute of State Public Health Service   (Hungary)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Polish Institute for Evidence Based Medicine   (Poland)

^f National Institute of Public Health   (Romania)

^g Central Institute of Epidemiology   (Russian Federation)

^h Regional Institute of Publice Health   (Slovakia)

ⁱ Centre Child Health Department   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Diarrhea; Disease burden; Gastroenteritis; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMAN; HUNGARY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; ROTAVIRUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; VACCINATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 37549037863     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31815eee3b     Document Type: Article

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