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Hospital-based surveillance and molecular epidemiology of rotavirus infection in Taiwan, 2005-2007.
Vaccine - 20 Nov 2009
Wu F T, Liang S Y, Tsao K C, Huang C G, Lin C Y, Lin J S, Su C Y, Eng H L, Yang J Y, Chen P J, Yang C F
Abstract excerpt
To determine the distribution of rotavirus strains and facilitate vaccine policy decisions in Taiwan, active hospital-based gastroenteritis surveillance was conducted in three sentinel hospitals. From 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2007, a total of 3435 children less than 5 years old with gastroenteritis were enrolled. The presence of rotavirus was documented by enzyme immunoassay (EIA), and the G and P genotypes...
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