Epidemiological Profile of Rotaviral Infection in India: Challenges for the 21st Century

Epidemiological profile of rotaviral infection in India: challenges for the 21st century.

BACKGROUND Rotaviruses cause acute viral gastroenteritis worldwide. It has been estimated that, each year, 440,000 deaths that occur among children are attributed to rotavirus infection, mainly in developing countries. In India, the diversity of rotaviruses reported during the 1980s and 1990s emphasizes the need for surveillance of cocirculating strains, to follow the rapid changes in circulati...

The Challenges of Cognitive Neuroscience in the 21st Century

the challenges of cognitive neuroscience in the 21st century

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challenges of epidemiologists of developing countries in the 21st century

there are many published articles which cover current and future challenges of epidemiology. however, up until now, most of them are written by developed world epidemiologists. therefore, despite a common use of assumptions, they did not have the opportunity to discuss the different range of practical tasks and priorities away from developed countries. the topics covered are; facing poverty, no...

Ecotoxicology: The Challenges for the 21st Century

The usual procedures for ecological risk assessment (ERA) have been based for decades on simplified approaches in order to provide basic information on the huge amount of chemicals introduced into the environment. These approaches allowed the development of international regulatory tools capable of substantially reducing the adverse effects on ecosystems in developed countries. Nevertheless, th...