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Incidence and clinical characteristics of group A rotavirus infections among children admitted to hospital in Kilifi, Kenya
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Background: Rotavirus, predominantly of group A, is a major cause of severe diarrhoea worldwide, with the greatest burden falling on young children living in less-developed countries. Vaccines directed against this virus have shown promise in recent trials, and are undergoing effectiveness evaluation in sub-Saharan Africa. In this region limited childhood data are available on the incidence and clinical characteristics of severe group A rotavirus disease. Advocacy for vaccine intervention and...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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MRC Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa
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Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Wellcome Trust
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 7
- Article number:
- e153
- Publication date:
- 2008-07-01
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1549-1676
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1549-1277
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- English
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- ora:3076
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- 2009-11-25
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- Nokes et al
- Copyright date:
- 2008
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- Citation: Nokes, D. J. et al. (2008). 'Incidence and clinical characteristics of group A rotavirus infections among children admitted to hospital in Kilifi, Kenya', PLoS Medicine, 5(7), e153. [Available at http://www.plosmedicine.org]. © 2008 Nokes et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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