Impact of rotavirus vaccination on diarrhoea mortality and hospital admissions in Brazil

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1180-1184

  Gurgel, Ricardo Q ^a,b   Ilozue, Chinenye ^b   Correia, Jailson B ^c   Centenari, Chiara ^d   Oliveira, Sandala M T ^e   Cuevas, Luis E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d Hospital of Trento   (Italy)

^e Sergipe State Department of Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Epidemiology; Hospitalisation; Mortality; Rotavirus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

AGE CLASS; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACCINATION;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

BRAZIL;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 79961168840     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02844.x     Document Type: Article

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