Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses during rotavirus vaccine introduction in Slovenia

Zdravniski Vestnik

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 381-386

  Steyer, Andrej ^a   BajŽelj, Mojca ^a   Žnuderl, Klementina ^a   Berce, Ingrid ^b   Drinovec, Bojan ^c   Harlander, Tatjana ^d   Orešič, Nadja ^e   Ravnik, Mateja ^f   Štorman, Alenka ^g   Trkov, Marija ^h   Poljšak Prijatelj, Mateja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UZavod Za Zdravstveno Varstvo Nova Gorica   (Slovenia)

^c Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo Koper ^*  (Slovenia)

^d Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo Novo mesto   (Slovenia)

^e Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo Maribor   (Slovenia)

^f Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo Kranj   (Slovenia)

^g Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo Celje   (Slovenia)

^h In titut za varovanje zdravja Republike Slovenije   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

EuroRotaNet; Genotyping; Molecular epidemiology; Rotavirus; Rotavirus vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956650671     PISSN: 13180347     EISSN: 15810224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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