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Rotavirus and norovirus in children with severe diarrhea in Burkina Faso before rotavirus vaccine introduction.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2018
Bonkoungou Isidore Juste O, Ouédraogo Nafissatou, Tamini Laure, Teguera Rabieta Kouboura, Yaméogo Pouiré, Drabo Maxime Koiné, Medah Isaïe, Barro Nicolas, Sharma Sumit, Svensson Lennart, Nordgren Johan
Abstract excerpt
Burkina Faso introduced rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeq) to the national immunization program in November 2013. This study describes the detection rates, clinical profiles, and molecular epidemiology of rotavirus and norovirus (NoV) infections among children <5 years hospitalized (n = 154) because of acute diarrhea in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from December 2012 to November 2013, just before the start of vaccination....
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