Poliomyelitis has appeared in epidemic form, become endemic on a global scale, and been
reduced to near-elimination, all within the span of documented medical history. Epidemics of …

Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of severe diarrhea disease in infants and
young children worldwide and continues to have a major global impact on childhood …

Seasonal cycles of infectious diseases have been variously attributed to changes in
atmospheric conditions, the prevalence or virulence of the pathogen, or the behavior of the …

Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children
worldwide. Before initiation of the rotavirus vaccination program in the United States in 2006 …

Rotavirus, the most common diarrheal pathogen in children worldwide, causes
approximately one third of diarrhea-associated hospitalizations and 800,000 deaths per …

Background To date little conclusive evidence exists on the seasonality of rotavirus
incidence in the tropics. We present a systematic review and meta-analysis on the seasonal …

Worldwide, diarrhea is the second most common cause of fatal childhood disease,
estimated to cause approximately 1.34 million deaths among children aged< 5 years. 1 …

In the United States gastroenteritis is a common infection second only to viral respiratory
infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that in children 5 …

The data currently available on the epidemiology, severity and economic burden of
nosocomial rotavirus (RV) infections in children younger than 5 years of age in the major …

In February 2006, a live, oral, human-bovine reassortant rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeq®) was
licensed for use among US infants. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices …