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Surveillance and genetic characterization of rotavirus strains circulating in four states of North Indian children.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2018
Islamuddin Mohammad, Khan Wajihul Hasan, Gupta Shipra, Tiku Vasundhara Razdhan, Khan Naushad, Akdag Ali Ilter, Chaudhary Sanjeev, Upadhyay Amit, Kumar Praveen, Ghatwala Geeta, Ray Pratima
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Acute gastroenteritis due to Rotavirus (RV) infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and young children worldwide. In India, around 0.1 million death reported annually due to RV illness. So, to assess the disease burden continuous surveillance of the circulating genotypes is needed. This study aimed to ascertain the genetic variance of 429 rotavirus positive specimens observed during the...
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