Epidemiology of rotavirus gastroenteritis and need of high rotavirus vaccine coverage with early completion of vaccination schedule for protection against rotavirus diarrhea in India: A narrative review

• Glavni autori: Bhaskar Raju (Autor), Raunak P Parikh (Autor), Volker V Vetter (Autor), Shafi Kolhapure (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Rotavirus is a leading cause of severe pediatric diarrhea worldwide, with about 199,000 childhood deaths in 2015, of which 90% in low-income countries. India alone accounts for 22% of the global rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE)-related deaths among children below 5 years of age. The World Health Org...