Publications

intussusception incidence relative to rotavirus vaccine use in honolulu.	rotavirus vaccine was in use during the period august 1998 to october 1999. epidemics of intussusception during this period were allegedly due to rotavirus vaccine, which prompted the vaccine to be withdrawn. hawaii's geographic location between asia and the mainland united states may subject it to infectious disease epidemic periods midway between occurrence in asia and occurrence in the mainland united states. in contrast, immunization recommendations are temporally identical across all 50 sta ...	2005	16327966
outbreaks of adult gastroenteritis traced to a single genotype of rotavirus.	between november 1998 and december 2000, the centers for disease control and prevention screened samples from 263 outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the united states and identified 3 that were associated with rotavirus among adults. rotaviruses from each outbreak were further characterized by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. surprisingly, all specimens were of serotype g2, a strain that is, as determined by high-stringency hybridization analysis, genetically distinct in all 11 gene ...	2002	11992287
diarrhea-associated hospitalizations among children in hawaii.	to estimate the burden of diarrhea-associated hospitalizations among children in hawaii.	2000	11055116
rotavirus in newborn nurseries: negative results from honolulu and the new hebrides.		1980	6254908
infantile gastroenteritis in western samoa.	gastroenteritis has been identified traditionally as a major health problem in western samoa. in order to establish the extent of the problem, and to identify the viral and bacterial pathogens involved, stool specimens were collected from all children less than 2 years of age admitted to apia hospital, western samoa, over a 2 year period. rotavirus was recovered from 5.5% of all admissions (20.5% of those labelled gastroenteritis) and bacterial pathogens were isolated from 2.1% of all admissions ...	1988	2834679