Short Report: Rotavirus Prevalence in the Primary Care Setting in Nicaragua after Universal Infant Rotavirus Immunization

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 957-960

  Becker Dreps, Sylvia ^a   Paniagua, Margarita ^b   Zambrana, Luis Enrique ^b   Bucardo, Filemon ^b   Hudgens, Michael G ^c   Weber, David J ^a   Morgan, Douglas R ^a   Espinoza, Feĺix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b en el Jardín botánico ambiental de la UNAN León   (Nicaragua)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICARAGUA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ROTAVIRUS;

DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; NICARAGUA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES;

EID: 81155150444     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0401     Document Type: Article

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