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Global Illness and Deaths Caused by Rotavirus Disease in Children

Umesh D. Parashar,* Erik G. Hummelman,*Joseph S. Bresee,* Mark A. Miller,† and Roger I. Glass*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and †Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Appendix A. [online only] Studies of Rotavirus Diarrhea Included in this Analysis

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