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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200(0 1):S39–S48. doi: 10.1086/605035

Table 3.

Differences in the Epidemiology of Rotavirus

Variable Developed countries Developing countries
Seasonality Winter Year-round
Age <1 year, % 40 80
Serotypes 5 Common Many uncommon serotypes and reassortants
Mixed infection Rare Common
Case fatality Low High