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