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Rotavirus strain surveillance for three years following the introduction of rotavirus vaccine into Belém, Brazil.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2015
Guerra Sylvia F S, Linhares Alexandre C, Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc P, Oliveira Alessilva, Justino Maria Cleonice A, Soares Luana S, Müller Elza Caroline, Brasil Patrícia, Tuboi Suely, Ortega-Barria Eduardo, Colindres Rómulo
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The monovalent human rotavirus (RV) vaccine, RIX4414 (Rotarix™, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals) was introduced into Brazil's Expanded Program on Immunization in March 2006. One year after vaccine introduction, the G2P[4] strain was found to be predominant, with an apparent extinction of many non-G2 strains. This study investigated the diversity of circulating strains in the three years following RIX4414...
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