Epidemiology and economic burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in hospitals and paediatric clinics in Taiwan, 2005-2006

Autor: Po-Yen Chen, Christina Lac, Kun-Chia Lu, Hung-Chih Chen, Wen-Chen Liao, T. Christopher Mast, Da-Pi Lin, Chun-Ming Hsu, Hsiao-Chuan Lin
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Vaccine. 28(17)
ISSN: 1873-2518
Popis: Baseline estimates of rotavirus disease burden and epidemiology are useful for the evaluation of newly introduced rotavirus vaccination programs. Prospective, cross-sectional surveillance for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) was conducted in hospitals and outpatient paediatric clinics in Taiwan to assess the prevalence of rotavirus gastroenteritis and associated medical costs prior to rotavirus vaccine introduction. Faecal specimens were collected from 1130 children
Databáze: OpenAIRE