Prevalence of severe acute rotavirus gastroenteritis and intussusceptions in Ghanaian children under 5 years of age

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-155

  Enweronu Laryea, Christabel C ^a   Sagoe, Kwamena W C ^a   Glover Addy, Hope ^b   Asmah, Richard H ^a   Mingle, Julius A ^a   Armah, George E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Genotype; Intussusceptions; Rotavirus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; VACCINATION;

EID: 84857157273     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1667     Document Type: Article

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