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Diversity of circulating rotavirus strains in children hospitalized with diarrhea in India, 2005-2009.
Vaccine - 12 Jun 2013
Kang Gagandeep, Desai Rishi, Arora Rashmi, Chitamabar Shobha, Naik Trilok Nath, Krishnan Triveni, Deshpande Jagdish, Gupte Mohan D, Venkatasubramaniam S, Gentsch Jon R, Parashar Umesh D, Mathew Ann, Anita, Ramani Sasirekha, Sowmynarayanan Thuppal V, Moses Prabhakar D, Agarwal Indira, Simon Anna, Bose Anuradha, Arora Ritu, Chhabra Preeti, Fadnis Prachi, Bhatt Jyoti, Shetty Sushmita J, Saxena Vinay Kumar, Mathur Meenakshi, Jadhav Alka, Roy Soumyabrata, Mukherjee Anupam, Singh Ng Brajachand
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BACKGROUND: India accounts for 22% of the 453,000 global rotavirus deaths among children <5 years annually. The Indian Rotavirus Strain Surveillance Network provides clinicians and public health partners with valuable rotavirus disease surveillance data. Our analysis offers policy-makers an update on rotavirus disease burden with emphasis on regional shifts in rotavirus strain epidemiology in India. METHODS:...
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