Rotavirus and Severe Childhood Diarrhea
Umesh D. Parashar(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Christopher J. Gibson(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Joseph Bresee(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Roger I. Glass(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Abstract
Studies published between 1986 and 1999 indicated that rotavirus causes approximately 22% (range 17%-28%) of childhood diarrhea hospitalizations. From 2000 to 2004, this proportion increased to 39% (range 29%-45%). Application of this proportion to the recent World Health Organization estimates of diarrhea-related childhood deaths gave an estimated 611,000 (range 454,000-705,000) rotavirus-related deaths.
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