Hospital-Based Pre-Vaccination Surveillance of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Disease in Infants Less Than 5 Years of Age in the Gambia: 2011-2014
Keywords:
Rotavirus, Genotyping, strainsAbstract
National Rotavirus Surveillance in the Gambia was initiated in October 2011 to investigate the prevalence and the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants
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