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The burden of hospitalised rotavirus infections in Fiji.
Vaccine - 20 Nov 2009
Jenney Adam, Tikoduadua Lisi, Buadromo Eka, Barnes Graeme, Kirkwood Carl D, Boniface Karen, Bines Julie, Mulholland Kim, Russell Fiona
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus is the most common cause of acute severe dehydrating diarrhoea in young children worldwide. We describe the burden of rotavirus disease and the rotavirus types causing it in the largest city in Fiji. During 2006 and 2007, 592 children under 5 years of age were admitted to hospital in Suva, Fiji with acute diarrhoea. Of the 454 children for whom a stool specimen was tested, 39% were positive for...
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