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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Rotavirus surveillance informs diarrhoea disease burden in the WHO Western-Pacific region

Celeste M Donato A B C F , Sarah Thomas A , Sokoveti Covea D , Felisita T Ratu D , Aalisha Sahu Khan D , Eric Rafai D and Julie E Bines A B E
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A Enteric Diseases Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Vic., Australia

B Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia

C Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia

D Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Suva, Fiji

E Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Vic., Australia

F Email: celeste.donato@mcri.edu.au

Microbiology Australia 42(4) 161-164 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA21046
Submitted: 27 August 2021  Accepted: 13 October 2021   Published: 8 November 2021

Journal Compilation © The Authors 2021 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND, published (by CSIRO Publishing) on behalf of the ASM

Abstract

The surveillance of enteric pathogens is critical in assessing the burden of diarrhoeal disease and informing vaccine programs. Surveillance supported by the World Health Organization in Fiji, Vietnam, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and the Philippines previously focussed on rotavirus. There is potential to expand surveillance to encompass a variety of enteric pathogens to inform vaccine development for norovirus, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Shigella.


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