Sentinel hospital-based surveillance for assessment of burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children in Pakistan.

Sentinel hospital-based surveillance for assessment of burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children in Pakistan.

To determine the burden and molecular epidemiology of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children hospitalized with severe acute watery diarrhea in Pakistan prior to introduction of rotavirus vaccine.A cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of two years from 2006 - 2008 at five sentinel hospi...

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Main Authors: Abdul Momin Kazi, Gohar Javed Warraich, Shahida Qureshi, Huma Qureshi, Muhammad Mubashir Ahmad Khan, Anita Kaniz Mehdi Zaidi, members of the Pakistan Rotavirus Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4189951?pdf=render

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