Decline in severe diarrhea hospitalizations after the introduction of rotavirus vaccination in Ghana: A prevalence study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Enweronu Laryea, Christabel C ^a   Boamah, Isaac ^a   Sifah, Eric ^b   Diamenu, Stanley K ^c   Armah, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Princess Marie Louis Children's Hospital   (Ghana)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhea; Ghana; Hospitalization; Rotavirus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VACCINATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84905821910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-431     Document Type: Article

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