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Sentinel hospital surveillance for rotavirus diarrhea in the People's Republic of China, August 2001-July 2003.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2005
Fang Zhao-Yin, Wang Bei, Kilgore Paul E, Bresee Joseph S, Zhang Li-Jie, Sun Li-Wei, Du Zeng-Qing, Tang Jing-Yu, Hou An-Cun, Shen Hui, Song Xiao-Bo, Nyambat Batmunkh, Hummelman Erik, Xu Zhi Y, Glass Roger I
Abstract excerpt
China has the second largest birth cohort in the world and the second highest number of deaths due to rotavirus infection. It is also the only country with a licensed rotavirus vaccine. Chinese policy makers now need credible estimates of the burden of rotavirus disease, to decide about vaccine use. From August 2001 through July 2003, prospective hospital-based surveillance for rotavirus diarrhea among children...
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