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Rotavirus infection in neonates at a university hospital in Korea.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Sept 2009
Kim Chang-Ryul, Oh Jae Won, Yum Myung Kul, Lee Jung Han, Kang Jung Oak
Abstract excerpt
To develop measures to prevent neonatal rotavirus infection, we carried out rotavirus surveillance testing on all the newborns who were admitted to a newborn nursery in Korea during 1 year. We investigated the characteristics of neonatal rotavirus infection and found that it occurred throughout the year with the G4P[6] strain exclusively. Most newborns were infected nosocomially and showed no symptoms. We...
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