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Incidence and risk factors of paediatric rotavirus diarrhoea in northern Ghana.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Sept 2003
Binka Fred N, Anto Francis K, Oduro Abraham R, Awini Elizabeth A, Nazzar Alex K, Armah George E, Asmah Richard H, Hall Andrew J, Cutts Felicity, Alexander Neal, Brown David, Green Jon, Gray Jim, Iturriza-Gómara Miren
Abstract excerpt
We measured the type-specific incidence of paediatric rotavirus diarrhoea in an area of northern Ghana. Over 1 year, diarrhoea 1717 episodes were identified, of which 677 (39%) were positive for rotavirus. Risk factors for rotavirus infection included old age, wasting, high Vesikari score and the...
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