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Table 3 Detection numbers and rates of rotavirus in AGE patients during the rotavirus season

From: Changes in the numbers of patients with acute gastroenteritis after voluntary introduction of the rotavirus vaccine in a Japanese children’s primary emergency medical center

 

2011

2012

2013

2014

Examined stools of AGE patients, n

84

96

79

30

Positive result of rotavirus, n

56

55

47

8

Detection rate, %

66.7

57.3

59.5

26.7**

  1. AGE, acute gastroenteritis
  2. ** p < 0.01 compared with in 2011