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Whole genome analyses of DS-1-like Rotavirus A strains detected in children with acute diarrhoea in southern Mozambique suggest several reassortment events

Infect. gent. evol; 69 (), 2019
Rotavirus (RV) is an important enteric pathogen in the young of many mammalian and avian species. The virus belongs to the Reoviridae family and contains an 11-segmented double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) genome. The dsRNA segments encode six structural (VP1–4, 6 and 7) and six non-structural (NSP1–5/6) pro...

Early impact of rotavirus vaccination in children less than five years of age in Mozambique

Vaccine; 36 (47), 2018
Mozambique introduced rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix, GSK Biologicals) in the National Immunization Program in September 2015 with the objective of reducing the burden of total diarrheal disease and specifically severe rotavirus disease. This study aimed to evaluate the early impact of rotavirus vaccine in r...