Research Article: Temporal changes in the positivity rate of common enteric viruses among paediatric admissions in coastal Kenya, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019–2022
Introduction:
Although water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes and new vaccine introductions have resulted in significant reductions of paediatric diarrhoea morbidity and mortality globally, virus-associated diarrhoea is still a major cause of hospital admissions in several low and middle-income settings [1]. In 2019, approximately 300,000 deaths were recorded globally in children below 14 years of age due to rotavirus group A (RVA), norovirus GI and GII, and adenovirus F40/41 infections [2].
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