Decline in rotavirus hospitalizations and health care visits for childhood diarrhea following rotavirus vaccination in El salvador

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Yen, Catherine ^a,b   Armero Guardado, Julio A ^c   Alberto, Patricia ^c   Rodriguez Araujo, David S ^c   Mena, Carlos ^d   Cuellar, Elizabeth ^e   Nolasco, Jenny Brenda ^e   De Oliveira, Lucia Helena ^f,g   Pastor, Desiree ^b   Tate, Jacqueline E ^a   Parashar, Umesh D ^a   Patel, Manish M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social   (El Salvador)

^d Hospital de Niños Benjamín Bloom   (El Salvador)

^e Hospital San Juan de Dios   (El Salvador)

^f PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^g Pan American Health Organization   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

disease burden; gastroenteritis; rotavirus; vaccine

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DIARRHEA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EL SALVADOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 78751578867     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fefa05     Document Type: Article

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