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Association of rotavirus strains and severity of gastroenteritis in Indian children.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics - 4 Mar 2017
Saluja Tarun, Dhingra Mandeep S, Sharma Shiv D, Gupta Madhu, Kundu Ritabrata, Kar Sonali, Dutta Ashok K, Silveira Maria D P, Singh Jai V, Kamath Veena G, Chaudhary Anurag, Rao Venkateswara, Ravi Mandyam D, Murthy Kesava, Arumugam Rajesh, Moureau Annick, Prasad Rajendra, Patnaik Badri N
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe and dehydrating diarrhea in children aged under 5 years. We undertook this hospital-based surveillance study to examine the possible relationship between the severity of diarrhea and the various G-group rotaviruses circulating in India. Stool samples (n = 2,051) were systematically collected from 4,711 children aged <5 years admitted with severe acute gastroenteritis to 12...
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