Incidence of rotavirus and circulating genotypes in Northeast Brazil during 7 years of national rotavirus vaccination.

Incidence of rotavirus and circulating genotypes in Northeast Brazil during 7 years of national rotavirus vaccination.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Rotavirus causes severe diarrhoea and Brazil introduced the Rotarix G1P[8] vaccine in 2006. We aimed to describe changes in rotavirus incidence and diarrhoea epidemiology before and after vaccine introduction. METHODS: DESIGN: (i) hospital-based survey of children with diarrhoe...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Q Gurgel, Alberto De Juan Alvarez, Alda Rodrigues, Robergson R Ribeiro, Sílvio S Dolabella, Natanael L Da Mota, Victor S Santos, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, Nigel A Cunliffe, Luis E Cuevas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4215980?pdf=render

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