Hospital-based study of the severity and economic burden associated with rotavirus diarrhea in Sri Lanka

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-386

  Chandrasena, Nilmini ^a   Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a   Ahmed, Kamruddin ^b   Pathmeswaran, Arunachalam ^a   Nakagomi, Osamu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Rotavirus; Sri Lanka; Vaccination; Vesikari score

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTAVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SRI LANKA; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 70350747599     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2009-0188     Document Type: Article

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