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Comparative study of the epidemiology of rotavirus in children from a community-based birth cohort and a hospital in South India.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2006
Banerjee Indrani, Ramani Sasirekha, Primrose Beryl, Moses Prabhakar, Iturriza-Gomara Miren, Gray James J, Jaffar Shabbar, Monica Bindhu, Muliyil Jaya Prakash, Brown David W, Estes Mary K, Kang Gagandeep
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus gastroenteritis is the major cause of severe dehydrating diarrhea in children worldwide. This study compares rotavirus diarrhea in 351 children in a community-based cohort and 343 children admitted to a hospital during the same period. Clinical information and fecal specimens were obtai...
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