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Surveillance of rotavirus in a rural diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh, 2000-2006.
Vaccine - 20 Nov 2009
Zaman K, Yunus Md, Faruque A S G, El Arifeen Shams, Hossain Ilias, Azim Tasnim, Rahman Mustafizur, Podder G, Roy Eliza, Luby S, Sack David A
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus was detected in 33% of 4519 children less than 5 years of age admitted with diarrhoea to treatment centres at Matlab in rural Bangladesh from 2000 to 2006. Highest rotavirus detection rates were in children aged 6-11 months with 56% being less than 1 year old. The peak seasonal detection was in July-September and December-February. The population-based incidence rates of rotavirus ranged from 10.8 to...
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