Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of Group A Rotavirus Infections among Children Admitted to Hospital in Kilifi, Kenya

D. James Nokes; John Abwao; Allan Pamba; Ina Peenze; John Dewar; J. Kamino Maghenda; Hellen Gatakaa; Evasius Bauni; J. Anthony G Scott; Kathryn Maitland; Thomas N Williams

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050153

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Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of Group A Rotavirus Infections among Children Admitted to Hospital in Kilifi, Kenya

D. James Nokes ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jnokes@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya , Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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John Abwao,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Allan Pamba,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Ina Peenze,

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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John Dewar,

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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J. Kamino Maghenda,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Hellen Gatakaa,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Evasius Bauni,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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J. Anthony G Scott,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya , Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kathryn Maitland,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya , Department of Paediatrics and Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Thomas N Williams

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya , Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom , University Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of Group A Rotavirus Infections among Children Admitted to Hospital in Kilifi, Kenya

D. James Nokes,
John Abwao,
Allan Pamba,
Ina Peenze,
John Dewar,
J. Kamino Maghenda,
Hellen Gatakaa,
Evasius Bauni,
J. Anthony G Scott,
Kathryn Maitland

Published: July 22, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050153

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