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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1990 36(2):66-68; doi:10.1093/tropej/36.2.66
© 1990 by Oxford University Press
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Rotavirus from Children of an Urban Settlement of Papua New Guinea

G. B. Bukenya, MBCHB, DPH, MSC, R. Kaiser and N. Nneka

Department of Community Medicine, University of Papua New Guinea PO Box 5623, Boroko, Papua New Guinea

Rotavirus is a leading cause of severe dehydrating diarrhoea among children admitted to hospitals in Papua New Guinea. A community-based study in an urban settlement of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, revealed that rotavirus was a major cause of diarrhoea, especially of the severe type, in this community. Two serotypes of rotavirus were observed and were explained on the basis of a ‘shift and drift’ phenomenon, or an introduction of a new strain from outside. Implications for such observations are far reaching in developing countries and it is recommended that intervention strategies other than vaccine development be explored.


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