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Genotypic investigation of a rotavirus cluster at a quaternary-care pediatric hospital.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Oct 2023
Kitt Eimear M, Yoon Hee-Won, Comar Courtney E, Smith Kenneth P, Harris Rebecca M, Esona Mathew D, Gautam Rashi, Mijatovic-Rustempasic Slavica, Hopkins Amy L, Jaimes Jose, Handy Lori K
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus (RV) was a common healthcare-associated infection prior to the introduction of the RV vaccine. Following widespread RV vaccination, healthcare-associated rotavirus cases are rare. We describe an investigation of a cluster of rotavirus infections in a pediatric hospital in which an uncommon genotype not typically circulating in the United States was detected.
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