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Co-dominance of G1 and emerging G3 rotaviruses in Hong Kong: a three-year surveillance in three major hospitals.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2011
Mitui Marcelo Takahiro, Chan Paul K S, Nelson E Anthony S, Leung Ting Fan, Nishizono Akira, Ahmed Kamruddin
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BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends rotavirus vaccines be included in all national immunization programs as part of a strategy to control diarrhoeal diseases. Sentinel surveillance is advised to monitor impact post-vaccine introduction and to document changes in genotype distribution. OBJECTIVES: To determine the molecular epidemiology of circulating rotaviruses in Hong Kong prior to...
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