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Changing molecular epidemiology of rotavirus infection after introduction of monovalent rotavirus vaccination in Scotland.
Vaccine - 3 Jan 2017
Mukhopadhya Indrani, Murdoch Heather, Berry Susan, Hunt Alison, Iturriza-Gomara Miren, Smith-Palmer Alison, Cameron J Claire, Hold Georgina L
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BACKGROUND: Rotaviruses (RV) are the leading cause of gastroenteritis in children less than five years of age worldwide. Rotarix®, a live attenuated monovalent vaccine containing a RV strain of G1P[8] specificity has been included in the childhood immunisation schedule from June 2013 in Scotland. This study aimed to characterise the prevalent RV strains in Scotland before and after the introduction of the RV...
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