Generic Protocols
The document below, available in four languages, contains guidelines for hospital based surveillance to estimate the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children and a community based survey on the utilization of health care services for gastroenteritis in children.
Disease Burden Surveillance (English) (PDF 1.4 MB - 82 pages) (November 2002)
Disease Burden Surveillance (Spanish) (PDF 1.4 MB)
Disease Burden Surveillance (French) (PDF 417 KB)
Disease Burden Surveillance (Russian) (PDF 866 KB)
The document below contains guidelines for estimating the economic burden of diarrheal disease with focus on assessing the cost of rotavirus diarrhea.
Economic Burden (PDF 723 KB - 64 pages) (November 2005)
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Content last reviewed on March 28, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases