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Epidemiology of group A rotavirus infection after the introduction of monovalent vaccine in the National Immunization Program of Saudi Arabia.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2017
Al-Ayed Mohammed Saeed Zayed, Asaad Ahmed Morad, Qureshi Mohamed Ansar, Hawan Ali Abdullah
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of group A rotavirus (RVA) gastroenteritis and the distribution of the RVA genotypes as well as to determine a possible change in the age of occurrence of the RVA infection in the first 2 years after Rotarix® vaccine introduction in Saudi Arabia. This descriptive study included 850 hospitalized children <5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis (AG) between October...
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