Article
Predominance of norovirus and sapovirus in Nicaragua after implementation of universal rotavirus vaccination.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Bucardo Filemón, Reyes Yaoska, Svensson Lennart, Nordgren Johan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite significant reduction of rotavirus (RV) infections following implementation of RotaTeq vaccination in Nicaragua, a large burden of patients with diarrhea persists. METHODS: We conducted a community- and hospital-based study of the burden of RV, norovirus (NV) and sapovirus (SV) infections as cause of sporadic acute gastroenteritis (GE) among 330 children ≤ 5 years of age between September 2009...
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