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Group A rotavirus genotypes and the ongoing Brazilian experience: a review.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Dec 2008
Leite José Paulo Gagliardi, Carvalho-Costa Filipe Anibal, Linhares Alexandre C
Abstract excerpt
Brazil was the first Latin American country to introduce universal group A rotavirus (RV-A) vaccination in March 2006, resulting in a unique epidemiological scenario. Since RV-A first identification in Brazil, 2,691 RV-A-positive stool samples, collected between 1982- 2007, were typed by independent research groups throughout the country. In the pre-vaccination era, 2,492 RV-A-positive samples collected from...
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