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Hospital based surveillance and genetic characterization of rotavirus strains in children (<5 years) with acute gastroenteritis in Kolkata, India, revealed resurgence of G9 and G2 genotypes during 2011-2013.
Vaccine - 11 Aug 2014
Mullick Satarupa, Mandal Paulami, Nayak Mukti Kant, Ghosh Souvik, De Papiya, Rajendran K, Bhattacharya Mihir K, Mitra Utpala, Ramamurthy Thandavarayan, Kobayashi Nobumichi, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta
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INTRODUCTION: India accounts for an estimated 457,000-884,000 hospitalizations and 2 million outpatient visits for diarrhea. In spite of the huge burden of rotavirus (RV) disease, RV vaccines have not been introduced in national immunization programme of India. Therefore, continuous surveillance for prevalence and monitoring of the circulating genotypes is needed to assess the disease burden prior to introduction...
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