Epidemiology and burden of rotavirus disease in Central Asia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Latipov, Renat ^a,b   Utegenova, Elmira ^c   Kuatbayeva, Aynagul ^c   Kasymbekova, Kaliya ^d   Abdykarimov, Sabyrjan ^d   Juraev, Rivojiddin ^a   Ismailov, Umid ^e   Flem, Elmira ^f  

^a National Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis   (Uzbekistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Republican Sanitary and Epidemiological Station   (Kazakhstan)

^d Ministry of Health   (Kyrgyzstan)

^e Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital   (Uzbekistan)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Diseases burden; Epidemiology; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; UZBEKISTAN; VIRUS LOAD;

ASIA, CENTRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 79959222275     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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