%0 Journal Article %T Changing Epidemiology of Rotavirus-Related Hospitalizations in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, from 2002 to 2006 %A Vera S. Gouvea %A Andr¨¦ L.S. Domingues %A Felipe G. Naveca %A Adriana R. PedroC¨¦sar C. Bevilacqua %J The Open Virology Journal %D 2007 %I Bentham Open %R 10.2174/1874357900701010047] %X 47-50 Vera S. Gouvea, Andr¨¦ L.S. Domingues, Felipe G. Naveca, Adriana R. Pedro and C¨¦sar C. Bevilacqua Published Date: (31 December, 2007) A prospective hospital-based sentinel study conducted in Rio de Janeiro identified a shift in the pattern (long to short electropherotype and P(8) to P(4) genotype) of rotavirus strains recovered from children with severe diarrhea a few months after the far-reaching Brazilian rotavirus immunization program was launched, posing new interesting challenges. %U http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tovj/articles/V001/47TOVJ.htm