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Rotavirus strain surveillance in Latin America: a review of the last nine years.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Oct 2004
Castello Alejandro A, Arvay Melissa L, Glass Roger I, Gentsch Jon
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Latin America will likely be the first area in the developing world where rotavirus vaccine will be introduced into the routine childhood immunization schedule. In anticipation of that goal, we reviewed the distribution of group A rotavirus genotypes in Latin America to understand the diversity of strains to be targeted by vaccines and to identify novel strains that may pose challenges for vaccines....
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