| epidemiological survey of human rotavirus serotypes and electropherotypes in young children admitted to two children's hospitals in northeast london from 1984 to 1990. | a retrospective and prospective survey was carried out to determine the relative frequency of rotavirus serotypes infecting children with diarrhea or vomiting or both who were admitted to the hospitals for sick children in london during a 6-year period from 1984 to 1990. the results were compared with data for the same period from a study in birmingham, united kingdom. the serotype of rotaviruses infecting 1,019 children was ascertained by enzyme immunoassay with vp7-specific monoclonal antibodi ... | 1991 | 1658035 |
| incorporation of a rotavirus vaccine into the national immunisation schedule in the united kingdom: a review. | rotavirus, the commonest cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide, imposes a large health and economic burden on the british society, accounting for an estimated 14,300 hospitalisations and 133,000 general practitioner consultations each year among children aged < 5 years in england and wales alone. following a tender process, an attenuated human rotavirus vaccine, rotarix (glaxosmithkline biologicals, belgium), was introduced into the uk childhood immunisati ... | 2013 | 24088009 |