1. Increased Rotavirus Prevalence in Diarrheal Outbreak Precipitated by Localized Flooding, Solomon Islands, 2014.
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Jones, Forrest K., Ko, Albert I., Becha, Chris, Joshua, Cynthia, Musto, Jennie, Thomas, Sarah, Ronsse, Axelle, Kirkwood, Carl D., Sio, Alison, Aumua, Audrey, and Nilles, Eric J.
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ROTAVIRUS diseases , *DISEASE prevalence , *PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of weather , *VIRAL vaccines , *COMPARATIVE studies , *DIARRHEA , *DISEASE outbreaks , *BIOLOGICAL evolution , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *NATURAL disasters , *PROTEINS , *PUBLIC health surveillance , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH funding , *RETROVIRUS diseases , *VIRAL antigens , *ROTAVIRUSES , *EVALUATION research , *INFECTIOUS disease transmission - Abstract
Flooding on 1 of the Solomon Islands precipitated a nationwide epidemic of diarrhea that spread to regions unaffected by flooding and caused >6,000 cases and 27 deaths. Rotavirus was identified in 38% of case-patients tested in the city with the most flooding. Outbreak potential related to weather reinforces the need for global rotavirus vaccination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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