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Indirect impact of rotavirus vaccination on viral causes of acute gastroenteritis in the elderly.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2021
Yandle Z, Coughlan S, Dean J, Hare D, De Gascun C F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus is considered a childhood infection causing acute gastroenteritis however, it also causes disease in adults which may be underestimated due to less frequent testing in this age-group. OBJECTIVES: To determine if paediatric rotavirus vaccination, introduced into Ireland in December 2016, affected the viral aetiology in those aged ≥65 yrs presenting with gastroenteritis in the pre- and...
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