Genetic characterization of Bulgarian rotavirus isolates and detection of rotavirus variants: challenges for the rotavirus vaccine program?

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Annually 20-70% of all hospital admissions and 20% of fatal diarrhea cases among children less than 5 years of age occur due to severe rotavirus diarrhea. Universal immunization is the major strategy aimed at controlling rotavirus infection. The main objective of the present study was to elucidate the evolutionary relationships of the most common rotavirus strains co-circulating in Bulgaria. The sequence and...

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