The burden of hospitalised rotavirus infections in Fiji

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Jenney, Adam ^a   Tikoduadua, Lisi ^b   Buadromo, Eka ^b   Barnes, Graeme ^a,c   Kirkwood, Carl D ^a,c   Boniface, Karen ^a,c   Bines, Julie ^a,c   Mulholland, Kim ^a,d   Russell, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Fiji)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rotavirus; Surveillance; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CITY; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FIJI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 71649099056     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.08.071     Document Type: Article

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