Rotavirus disease burden among children <5years of age - Santa Rosa, Guatemala, 2007-2009

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 254-259

  Cortes, Jennifer ^a   Arvelo, Wences ^a   Lopez, Beatriz ^b   Reyes, Lissette ^c   Kerin, Tara ^a   Gautam, Rashi ^a   Patel, Manish ^a   Parashar, Umesh ^a   Lindblade, Kim A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Welfare   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Guatemala; Incidence; Rotavirus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VACCINATION;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SANTA ROSA;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84855976400     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02911.x     Document Type: Article

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