Prospective hospital-based surveillance to estimate rotavirus disease burden in the Gauteng and North West province of South Africa during 2003-2005

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Mapaseka, Seheri Luyanda ^a   Dewar, John Barr ^a,g   Van Der Merwe, Lize ^a,d   Geyer, Annelise ^a   Tumbo, John ^b   Zweygarth, Monika ^c   Bos, Pieter ^a   Esona, Mathew Dioh ^a,h   Steele, A Duncan ^a,e,i   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Departments of Family Medicine   (South Africa)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955667871     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653558     Document Type: Article

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