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Epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea among children less than 5 years hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis prior to rotavirus vaccine introduction in India.
Vaccine - 3 Dec 2020
Girish Kumar C P, Giri Sidhartha, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta, Gopalkrishna Varanasi, Chitambar Shobha D, Ray Pratima, Venkatasubramanian S, Borkakoty Biswajyoti, Roy Subarna, Bhat Jyothi, Dwibedi Bhagirathi, Paluru Vijayachari, Das Pradeep, Arora Rashmi, Kang Gagandeep, Mehendale Sanjay M
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BACKGROUND: Rotavirus is an important cause of severe diarrhea requiring hospitalization, accounting for approximately 78,000 deaths annually in Indian children below 5 years of age. We present epidemiological data on severe rotavirus disease collected during hospital-based surveillance in India before the introduction of the oral rotavirus vaccine into the national immunization schedule. METHODS: The National...
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