Article
Genetic diversity of rotavirus infection among young children with diarrhoea in the Kassena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana: a seasonal cross-sectional survey.
The Pan African medical journal - 1 Jan 2023
Bawa Flavia Kaduni, Mutocheluh Mohamed, Dassah Sylvester Donne, Ansah Patrick, Oduro Abraham Rexford
Abstract excerpt
Introduction: diarrhoea disease is a global health concern, persisting as one of the top five causes of morbidity and mortality in children. Viral aetiology of childhood diarrhoea is often associated with rotavirus infection of which preventable vaccines exist. Here we document circulating strains of rotavirus in the Kassena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana nearly a decade after the introduction of the...
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