Babji Sudhir, Arumugam Rajesh, Sarvanabhavan Anuradha, Moses Prabhakar D, Simon Anna, Aggarwal Indira, Mathew Ann, Kang Gagandeep
Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Vaccine. 2014 Aug 11;32 Suppl 1:A10-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.03.001.
Diarrheal disease due to Group A rotaviruses continues to be an important cause of morbidity in the developing world and India contributes significantly to the disease burden. Surveillance carried out between July 2009 and June 2012 at two medical centers in south India and one center in north India estimated 39% of all diarrheal admissions to be due to rotavirus. The most prevalent genotype isolated was G1P8 followed by G2P4. G9P[4] has also emerged as a significant cause of rotavirus diarrhea. No seasonal variation was noticed from the centers in south India, whereas we observed increased rotavirus diarrhea in the center in north India during March and April.