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Community based case-control study of rotavirus gastroenteritis among young children during 2008-2010 reveals vast genetic diversity and increased prevalence of G9 strains in Kolkata.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Mullick Satarupa, Mukherjee Anupam, Ghosh Santanu, Pazhani Gururaja P, Sur Dipika, Manna Byomkesh, Nataro James P, Levine Myron M, Ramamurthy Thandavarayan, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta
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BACKGROUND: Group A Rotaviruses are a major etiologic agent of gastroenteritis in infants and young children (<5 years) worldwide. Although rotavirus vaccines have been successfully administered in many countries, in India the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in national immunization program was approved in 2014. Since high disease burden and large number of genetic variants have been reported from low income...
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