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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Published in:Vaccine 2014-08, Vol.32, p.A13-A19
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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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Summary: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