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Volume 12, Number 2—February 2006
Dispatch

Rotavirus and Severe Childhood Diarrhea

Umesh D. Parashar*Comments to Author , Christopher J. Gibson*, Joseph S. Bresee*, and Roger I. Glass*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table

Percentage of diarrhea hospitalizations attributable to rotavirus for countries in different World Bank income groups, 1986–1999 and 2000–2004

Income group Median % (interquartile range) of diarrhea-associated hospitalizations due to rotavirus
1986–1999 2000–2004
Low 20 (16–27) 39 (28–45)
Low middle 25 (20–33) 40 (32–43)
High middle 31 (25–42) 38 (35–45)
High 34 (28–38) 44 (40–50)
Total* 21 (17–28) 39 (29–45)

*The overall median was calculated by taking a weighted average of the median rotavirus detection rate for each income group. The weights applied to each group corresponded to that group's proportion of global diarrheal deaths: 85% for low-income countries, 13% for low-middle–income countries, 2% for high-middle–income countries, and <1% for high-income countries.

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