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Acute diarrhoea in a community cohort of children who received an oral rotavirus vaccine in Northeast Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 May 2011
Vieira Sarah Cristina Fontes, Gurgel Ricardo Queiroz, Kirby Andrew, Barreto Isis Pinheiro, Souza Liane Desiderio de, Oliveira Oderlan Carvalho, Correia Jailson de Barros, Dove Winifred, Cunliffe Nigel A, Cuevas Luis E
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus is an important cause of childhood diarrhoea. A monovalent rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix®) was introduced into the Immunization Program of Brazil in 2006. In this study, we describe the incidence and burden of disease of rotavirus diarrhoea in two cohorts of children (vaccinated and unvaccinated). We followed two groups of 250 children under one year old, who were enrolled in December 2006 from a...
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