The epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea in Countries in the eastern mediterranean region

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Malek, Mark A ^a,e   Teleb, Nadia ^c   Abu Elyazeed, Remon ^b   Riddle, Mark S ^d   Sherif, May El ^a,d   Steele, A Duncan ^c   Glass, Roger I ^a   Bresee, Joseph S ^a  

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

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LATITUDE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77955682745     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653579     Document Type: Article

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