Rotavirus mortality in India: estimates based on a nationally representative survey of diarrhoeal deaths

• Main Authors: Shaun K Morris (Author), Shally Awasthi (Author), Ajay Khera (Author), Diego G Bassani (Author), Gagandeep Kang (Author), Umesh D Parashar (Author), Rajesh Kumar (Author), Anita Shet (Author), Roger I Glass (Author), Prabhat Jha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of rotavirus-associated deaths among Indian children younger than five years. METHODS: We surveyed more than 23 000 child deaths from a nationally representative survey of 1.1 million Indian households during 2001-2003. Diarrhoeal deaths were characterized by region...