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Epidemiological profile and burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Vietnam: 5 years of sentinel hospital surveillance, 1998-2003.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2005
Van Man Nguyen, Luan Le Thi, Trach Dang Duc, Thanh Nguyen Thi Hien, Van Tu Phan, Long Nguyen Thanh, Anh Dang Duc, Fischer Thea K, Ivanoff Bernard, Gentsch Jon R, Glass Roger I
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For 5 years, we have conducted sentinel surveillance for rotavirus at 6 hospitals in 4 cities in Vietnam. Stool samples obtained from >10,000 children <5 years old who were admitted to the hospital with diarrhea have been screened for rotavirus. Overall, 55% of samples were positive, and there was little variability in rates of detection of rotavirus between sites (44%-62%). In Vietnam, the characteristics of...
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