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Severity of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Indian children requiring hospitalization.
Vaccine - 27 Apr 2012
Sowmyanarayanan Thuppal V, Ramani Sasirekha, Sarkar Rajiv, Arumugam Rajesh, Warier Jubal P, Moses Prabhakar D, Simon Anna, Agarwal Indira, Bose Anuradha, Arora Rashmi, Kang Gagandeep
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INTRODUCTION: The burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis is greatest in India and other developing countries. With the availability of two licensed vaccines and a number of additional vaccines in various stages of development and trial, analysis of detailed clinical information is essential for the development of a uniform method of severity assessment. METHODS: Diarrhoeal stool samples from 1001 children <5 years...
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