An update from hospital-based surveillance for rotavirus gastroenteritis among young children in Bangladesh, July 2012 to June 2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Vaccine
• Personal Author:
  Satter, Syed M ; Aliabadi, Negar ; Gastañaduy, Paul A. ; Haque, Warda ; Mamun, Abdullah ; Flora, Meerjady S ; Zaman, K. ; Rahman, Mustafizur ; Heffelfinger, James D. ; Luby, Stephen P. ; Gurley, Emily S. ; Parashar, Umesh D.
• Description:
  Introduction:
  
  In preparation for the introduction of a rotavirus vaccine into the routine immunization program of Bangladesh in 2018, we report data and highlight evolving genotypes from five years of active hospital-based rotavirus surveillance which began in July 2012.
  
  Methods:
  
  We enrolled and collected fresh stool from every fourth child < 5 years admitted with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) at 8 participating surveillance hospitals. Rotavirus infections were detected by enzyme immune assay. Twenty-five percent of rotavirus isolates were genotyped using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.
  
  Results:
  
  We found that 64% (4832/7562) of children < 5 years of age admitted with AGE had evidence of rotavirus infection. The majority (57%) of patients with rotavirus infection were <12 months of age. The most common strains were G1P[8] (43%), G12P[8] (15%) and G9P[8] (9%); 11% of children had mixed infection.G3P[8], which has not been reported in Bangladesh since 2001, was documented for the first time in our surveillance system.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  The high burden of rotavirus-associated hospitalizations highlights the potential value of rotavirus vaccination in Bangladesh. Continued surveillance is important for monitoring the impact of vaccination as well as monitoring evolving genotypes.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Bangladesh Child, Preschool Diarrhea Feces Female Gastroenteritis Genotype Hospital Based Surveillance Hospitalization Humans Immunization Programs Infant Infant, Newborn Male Population Surveillance Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Rotavirus Rotavirus Infections Rotavirus Vaccination

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• Source:
  Vaccine. 36(51):7811-7815
• Pubmed ID:
  29793894
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9169511
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U51 GH001209/GH/CGH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  51
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b28ceb822abdc006a1cfb976950660b729dce86d07e8bd2a310c3f83f34e9e0c
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