Article
Molecular characterization of rotavirus group A strains circulating prior to vaccine introduction in rural coastal Kenya, 2002-2013
2019-05-15
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Kenya introduced the monovalent Rotarix® rotavirus group A (RVA) vaccine nationally in mid-2014. Long-term surveillance data is important prior to wide-scale vaccine use to assess the impact on disease and to investigate the occurrence of heterotypic strains arising through immune selection. This report presents baseline data on RVA genotype circulation patterns and intra-genotype genetic di...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e46c210e-baeb-5431-a5f8-d033f2f6c2cc
- DOI
- 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14908.2
