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Rotavirus and Severe Childhood Diarrhea

Umesh D. Parashar,*Comments Christopher J. Gibson,* Joseph S. Bresee,* and Roger I. Glass*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA



Appendix Table. Characteristics of studies on worldwide diarrheal deaths and hospitalizations, 2000–2004


Income group and country

Year of publication

Study period

No. diarrhea hospitalizations

Rotavirus detection rate (%)

Reference


Low

   Cameroon

2003

1999–2000

890

21.9

1

   Cτte d'Ivoire

2003

1997–1999

479

28.3

2

   Ghana

2003

1997–2002

2,205

40.5

3

   Ghana

2003

1998–2000

1,717

39.4

4

   India

2004

2001

401

35.5

5

   India

2001

1993–1996

628

28.3

6

   India

2003

1999–2000

202

23.3

7

   Indonesia

2004

2001–2002

577

52.0

8

   Indonesia

2002

1997–1999

339

44.8

9

   Nigeria

2003

1998–1999

417

38.6

2

   Vietnam

2004

2001–2002

1,570

59.0

8

   Vietnam

2003

1999–2000

1,355

65.6

10

   Zambia

2003

1997–1999

1,635

23.3

2

Low-middle

   Bosnia-Herzegovina

2003

1999–2000

201

23.9

11

   Brazil

2001

1998–1999

190

32.6

12

   China

2004

2001–2002

2,079

44.0

8

   China

2000

1996–1999

1,130

26.1

13

   China

2002

1998–2000

3,177

41.0

14

   China

2003

1998–2001

1,211

52.9

15

   China

2004

1999–2001

1,230

40.1

16

   Jordan

2002

1997–2000

840

43.4

17

   Paraguay

2003

1998–2000

410

22.7

18

   Paraguay

2002

1999–2000

141

42.5

19

   Peru

2001

1995–1997

386

52.0

20

   South Africa

2003

1997–1999

1,525

32.0

2

   Thailand

2004

2001–2002

992

44.0

8

   Turkey

2003

2000–2001

920

39.8

21

High-middle

   Argentina

2001

1996–1998

1,312

42.0

22

   Argentina

2001

1997–1998

133

35.3

23

   Chile

2001

1997–1999

276

47.0

24

   Malaysia

2004

2001–2002

1,374

57.0

8

   Malaysia

2003

1996–1999

1,362

24.0

25

   Poland

2000

1997

773

35.6

26

   Venezuela

2001

1997–1999

946

38.0

24

High

   France

2002

1997–2000

706

50.9

27

   Germany

2003

2001–2002

217

47.0

28

   Italy

2002

2001

330

41.4

29

   South Korea

2000

1998–1999

243

40.0

30

   South Korea

2003

1998–2000

348

59.0

31

   Spain

2004

1998–2002

3,760

31.0

32


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