Impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction on hospital admissions for severe acute gastroenteritis at the Children's Hospital in Panama City;Impacto de la introducciön de la vacuna contra el rotavirus en la hospitalización por gastroenteritis aguda grave en el Hospital del Niño de la Ciudad de Panama

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-194

  Guevara, Javier Nieto ^a   López, Óscar ^a   González, Gala ^a  

^a Hospital del Nino   (Panama)

Author keywords

Diarrhea, infantile; Panama; Rotavirus vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; VACCINATION; VACCINE; VIRUS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)]; PANAMA [PANAMA (PRV)];

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; ROTAVIRUS;

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PANAMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PANAMA; PATIENT ADMISSION; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 54549100435     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892008000900005     Document Type: Article

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