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. 2008;153(3):591-3.
doi: 10.1007/s00705-007-0028-z. Epub 2008 Jan 4.

Apparent extinction of non-G2 rotavirus strains from circulation in Recife, Brazil, after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine

T Nakagomi  1 , L E Cuevas, R G Gurgel, S H Elrokhsi, Y A Belkhir, M Abugalia, W Dove, F M U Montenegro, J B Correia, O Nakagomi, N A Cunliffe, C A Hart
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Apparent extinction of non-G2 rotavirus strains from circulation in Recife, Brazil, after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine

T Nakagomi et al. Arch Virol. 2008.

Abstract

The introduction of a G1P[8] rotavirus vaccine in Recife, Brazil, caused a decrease in rotavirus detection from 27% (March-May, 2006) to 5.0% (March-May, 2007), with all strains becoming G2, against which less protection had been predicted.

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