Prospective Hospital‐Based Surveillance to Estimate Rotavirus Disease Burden in the Gauteng and North West Province of South Africa during 2003–2005
Author(s) -
Seheri Mapaseka,
John Barr Dewar,
Lize van der Merwe,
A. Geyer,
John Tumbo,
Monika Zweygarth,
P.K. Bos,
Mathew D. Esona,
A. Duncan Steele,
Halvor Sommerfelt
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/653558
Subject(s) - rotavirus , diarrhea , medicine , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , under five , disease burden , rotavirus vaccine , confidence interval , reoviridae , disease , physics , optics
Rotavirus is considered to be the most common cause of serious acute dehydrating diarrhea worldwide. However, there is a scarcity of information on rotavirus disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa.
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