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Rotavirus diarrhoea among children aged less than 5 years at Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Vaccine - 20 Nov 2009
Aloun Douangdao Souk, Nyambat Batmunkh, Phetsouvanh Rattanaphone, Douangboupha Vannida, Keonakhone Phonesavanh, Xoumphonhphakdy Bandit, Vongsouvath Manivanh, Kirkwood Carl, Bogdanovic-Sakran Nada, Kilgore Paul E
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of severe life-threatening diarrhoea in children leading to hospitalization especially in developing countries. At Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane, Lao PDR, children with diarrhoea underwent standard clinical evaluation and faecal specimen collection to estimate the burden of rotavirus hospitalizations and to determine rotavirus strain patterns among children aged less...
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