A multicenter prospective hospital-based surveillance to estimate the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children less than five years of age in India

Highlights • Rotavirus positivity reported from India is 26.4% (range 10.3–52.5%). • Children under the age of two years account for 69.7% of rotavirus positive diarrhea. • Maximum number of rotavirus related hospitalizations are reported between months, November to March.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2014-08, Vol.32, p.A13-A19
Hauptverfasser:	Saluja, T, Sharma, S.D, Gupta, M, Kundu, R, Kar, S, Dutta, A, Silveira, M, Singh, J.V, Kamath, V.G, Chaudhary, A, Rao, J.V, Ravi, M.D, Murthy, S.R.K, Babji, S, Prasad, R, Gujjula, R, Rao, R, Dhingra, M.S
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Allergy and Immunology Antigens Child, Preschool Children & youth Consent Cost of Illness Diarrhea Female Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Gastroenteritis - virology Genotype Genotypes Geography Hospitalization Humans India India - epidemiology Infant Infant, Newborn Male Nosocomial infections Population Surveillance Positivity Prospective Studies Rotavirus Rotavirus - genetics Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology Schools Seasons Surveillance Viruses Vomiting
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Rotavirus positivity reported from India is 26.4% (range 10.3–52.5%). • Children under the age of two years account for 69.7% of rotavirus positive diarrhea. • Maximum number of rotavirus related hospitalizations are reported between months, November to March.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.03.030