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[Epidemiological and virological aspects Rotavirus diarrhoea in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (1997-2000)].
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) - 1 Oct 2007
Akoua-Koffi C, Akran V, Peenze I, Adjogoua V, de Beer M C, Steele A D, Dosso M, Ehouman A
Abstract excerpt
Viruses, mainly rotaviruses are aetiological agents in more than 80% of the cases of acute diarrhoea in children. In order to determine the epidemiological characteristics and genotypes of human rotaviruses involved in gastroenteritis in diarrheic children aged from 0 to 5 years old in Abidjan, 642 specimens of stools were collected between 1997 and 2000 in the urban health centres and University Teaching...
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