Hospitalizations and Deaths from Diarrhea and Rotavirus among Children
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Thea Kølsen Fischer, Cécile Viboud, Umesh Parashar, Mark Malek, Claudia Steiner, Roger Glass, and Lone Simonsen Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and Epidemiology Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; Fogarty International Center and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, and Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Bethesda, Maryland
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