Meeting of the Diarrhoeal and Enteric Vaccines Advisory Committee, October 2008 -- Executive Summary

This report, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, provides a summary of the World Health Organization's Diarrhoeal and Enteric Vaccines Advisory Committee's (DEVAC) annual meeting in October 2008. DEVAC, a 12-member group of experts, aims to review studies on enteric vaccines and related epidemiology while maintaining an independent role in global leadership and coordinating activities with partner agencies working in the field. The report includes updates on vaccines against cholera, rotavirus, and bacterial enteric infections.

Author(s): World Health Organization

Published: 2009

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    Also known as: Réunion du Comité consultatif sur les Vaccins contre les Maladies diarrhéiques et entériques, octobre 2008 – résumé d’orientation

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Resource types: Newsletter/article

Diseases: Shigellosis and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC); Rotavirus

Topics: Disease burden and surveillance; Disease/vaccine specific information

Regions: Global