title: Hospital-based Surveillance of Rotavirus Diarrhea among Under- five Children in Chandigarh.
abstract: In a prospective hospital-based surveillance of 958 under five children admitted with acute gastroenteritis in Chandigarh (May 2011 to July 2012), 239 stool samples were collected. Rotavirus antigen was detected in 18.8% of samples by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Genotypes G1P[8] (53.3%), G12P[6] (15.6%) were prevalent, and G3 not detected.
authors: School of Public Health and Departments of *Virology, PGIMER; and Department of Pediatrics, GMCH and GMSH; Chandigarh, India madhugupta21@gmail.com.
authors: Madhu
authors: M
authors: Gupta
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Singh
authors: Vishal
authors: V
authors: Guglani
authors: K S
authors: KS
authors: Mahajan
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Pandit
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D012401:Rotavirus; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology