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Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses in Northwest Ethiopia after national vaccine introduction.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2018
Gelaw Aschalew, Pietsch Corinna, Liebert Uwe G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rotaviruses mortality among infants and young children is high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, Ethiopia introduced the monovalent rotavirus vaccine in its national immunization program to decrease the burden of rotavirus disease and mortality. Rotavirus surveillance in Ethiopia is based largely on data provided by sentinel hospitals in its capital Addis Ababa. OBJECTIVE: To assess rotavirus abundancy...
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