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Economic assessment of childhood rotavirus vaccination in Bangladesh

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
Rotavirus is one of the most highly prevalent communicable diseases in Bangladesh. The objective of this study is to evaluate the benefit-cost ratio of childhood rotavirus vaccination program in Bangladesh.
Abdur Razzaque Sarker
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Clinical Characteristics and Genotypes of Rotaviruses in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2012
There are few reports on the symptoms of rotavirus infections in neonates. This study aims to describe clinical signs of rotavirus infections among neonates, with a particular focus on preterm infants, and to show the distribution of genotypes in a ...
Jung Ok Shim, Dong Woo Son, So-Yeon Shim, Eell Ryoo, Wonyong Kim, Yeon-Chang Jung   +5 more
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Long-term impact of suboptimal rotavirus vaccines on acute gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Northern Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2018
Background/Purpose: Rotavirus vaccines were launched in Taiwan since early 2006. Our study was aimed to figure out long-term extended molecular epidemiology in acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in hospitalized young children after rotavirus vaccination in ...
Wan-Ju Yu, Shih-Yen Chen, Chi-Neu Tsai, Hsun-Ching Chao, Man-Shan Kong, Yi-Jung Chang, Cheng-Hsun Chiu   +6 more
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Recent viral pathogen in acute gastroenteritis: a retrospective study at a tertiary hospital for 1 year [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2016
PurposeViral gastroenteritis among children is mainly caused by rotavirus, norovirus, astrovirus, or adenovirus strains. However, changing socioeconomic conditions and a rotavirus vaccination program may be affecting the prevalence of these viral ...
Hye Il Jin, Yoo Mi Lee, You Jin Choi, Su Jin Jeong   +3 more
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Sensitive detection systems for infectious agents in xenotransplantation*

Xenotransplantation, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Xenotransplantation of pig cells, tissues, or organs may be associated with transmission of porcine microorganisms, first of all of viruses, to the transplant recipient, potentially inducing a disease (zoonosis). I would like to define detection systems as the complex of sample generation, sample preparation, sample origin, time of sampling ...
Joachim Denner
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Rotavirus

WikiJournal of Medicine, 2017
Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhoeal disease among infants and young children. It is a genus of double-stranded RNA viruses in the family Reoviridae. Nearly every child in the world is infected with rotavirus at least once by the age of five.
Graham Beards
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Disease burden and related medical costs of rotavirus infections in Taiwan

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2006
Background The disease burden and associated medical costs of rotavirus infections in inpatient and outpatient sectors in Taiwan were examined in anticipation of the availability of new rotavirus vaccines.
Hung Che-Lun, Ho Yu-Huai, Wang Chung-Yi, Fang Yin-Hua, Lauderdale Tsai-Ling, Lu Chun-Yi, Chang Luan-Yin, Lee Chin-Yun, Huang Li-Min   +8 more
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Investigation of two suspected diarrhoeal-illness outbreaks in Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa, April–July 2013: The role of rotavirus

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background: Suspected diarrhoeal-illness outbreaks affecting mostly children 5 years were investigated between May and July 2013 in Northern Cape province (NCP) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province.
Andronica M. Shonhiwa, Genevie Ntshoe, Noreen Crisp, Ayo J. Olowolagba, Vusi Mbuthu, Maureen B. Taylor, Juno Thomas, Nicole A. Page   +7 more
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Monitoring the circulation of rotavirus among children after the introduction of the RotarixTM vaccine in Goiânia, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
The epidemiological features of rotavirus A (RVA) infection differ between children from developing and developed countries which could result in differences in vaccine efficacy around the world.
Ana Maria Tavares Borges, Menira Dias e Souza, Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori, Divina das Dores de Paula Cardoso   +3 more
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Rotavirus Burden, Genetic Diversity and Impact of Vaccine in Children under Five in Tanzania

Pathogens, 2019
In Tanzania, rotavirus infections are responsible for 72% of diarrhea deaths in children under five. The Rotarix vaccine was introduced in early 2013 to mitigate rotavirus infections.
Joseph J. Malakalinga, Gerald Misinzo, George M. Msalya, Rudovick R. Kazwala   +3 more
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