Researchers used laboratory and hospital data of children admitted to two US hospitals with acute gastroenteritis to assess the need for routine rotavirus testing and determine disease burden. Findings confirmed the need for continued surveillance assessment of the benefits of routine rotavirus vaccination. This article was published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. ABSTRACT ONLY. (Learn how users in developing countries can gain free access to journal articles.)

Author(s): Patel MM, Tate JE, Selvarangan R, et al.

Published: 2007

Resource types: Peer-reviewed journal

Diseases: Rotavirus

Topics: Disease burden and surveillance; Disease/vaccine specific information

Regions: North America and Europe