Open AccessRotavirus genotype distribution during the pre-vaccine period in Bolivia: 2007–2008
Author(s) -
Rosario Rivera,
Kristen Forney,
Maria René Castro,
Paulina A. Rebolledo,
Nataniel Mamani,
Maritza Patzi,
Percy Halkyer,
Juan S. León,
Volga Iñiguez
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.03.016
Subject(s) - rotavirus , genotype , rotavirus vaccine , virology , period (music) , distribution (mathematics) , medicine , biology , virus , mathematics , genetics , gene , mathematical analysis , physics , acoustics
Rotavirus is the most important etiology of severe diarrhea in Bolivia. The monovalent attenuated human oral rotavirus vaccine Rotarix(®) was introduced in Bolivia in 2008. We describe the molecular epidemiology of circulating rotavirus strains before vaccine introduction.
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