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Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses in the south-east Asian region from 2009 to 2015.
Vaccine - 14 Dec 2018
Giri Sidhartha, Priya Hemavathy R, Arumugam Rajesh, Sherchand Jeevan B, Thu Hlaing Myat, Galagoda Geethani, Myat Theingi Win, Abeysinghe Nihal, Gunasekara Madhava, Janakan Navaratnasingam, Pradhan Rahul, Bura Vinod, Wijesinghe Pushparanjan, Kang Gagandeep
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Asia, rotavirus accounts for approximately 45% of admissions due to acute gastroenteritis in children <5 years, and causes about 145,000 deaths every year. We studied the distribution of rotavirus strains from Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Nepal during 2009-2015. METHODS: Stool samples collected from children <5 years of age hospitalized with acute diarrhea in the three sites and positive for rotavirus...
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