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An update from hospital-based surveillance for rotavirus gastroenteritis among young children in Bangladesh, July 2012 to June 2017.
Vaccine - 14 Dec 2018
Satter Syed M, Aliabadi Negar, Gastañaduy Paul A, Haque Warda, Mamun Abdullah, Flora Meerjady S, Zaman K, Rahman Mustafizur, Heffelfinger James D, Luby Stephen P, Gurley Emily S, Parashar Umesh D
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INTRODUCTION: In preparation for the introduction of a rotavirus vaccine into the routine immunization program of Bangladesh in 2018, we report data and highlight evolving genotypes from five years of active hospital-based rotavirus surveillance which began in July 2012. METHODS: We enrolled and collected fresh stool from every fourth child < 5 years admitted with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) at 8 participating...
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