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Global estimates of rotavirus vaccine efficacy and effectiveness: a rapid review and meta-regression analysisResearch in context [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine
Summary: Background: Rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhoea worldwide, particularly affecting young children. While national rotavirus immunization programs have reduced rotavirus morbidity and mortality, vaccine performance varies considerably ...
Ottavia Prunas, Ernest O. Asare, Elizabeth Sajewski, Yueqi Li, Zeaan Pithawala, Daniel M. Weinberger, Joshua L. Warren, George E. Armah, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Benjamin A. Lopman, Virginia E. Pitzer   +11 more
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Rotavirus Vaccine Coverage and Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Immunization in a Birth Cohort of Children (2017–2023) in Suzhou, China [PDF]

Vaccines
Objectives: To analyze the changes in the proportion of the rotavirus vaccine among children born in the 2017–2023 cohort and to assess the current status of rotavirus vaccination coverage in Suzhou, China.
Jinling Gao, Kunpeng Zhu, Lin Luan, Benfeng Zheng, Juan Xu, Yiheng Zhu, Xianquan Fan, Haitao Wang, Na Liu   +8 more
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Recommendations for Rotavirus Vaccine

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2013
Rotavirus infection has been the leading cause of gastroenteritis among children in Taiwan. Studies have shown that 40% of hospitalization for acute gastroenteritis can be prevented through the use of vaccines, including a live, attenuated monovalent ...
Ping-Ing Lee, Po-Yen Chen, Yhu-Chering Huang, Chin-Yun Lee, Chun-Yi Lu, Mei-Hwei Chang, Yung-Zen Lin, Nan-Chang Chiu, Yen-Hsuan Ni, Chung-Ming Chen, Luan-Yin Chang, Ren-Bin Tang, Li-Min Huang, Yung-Feng Huang, Kao-Pin Hwang, Betau Hwang, Tzou-Yien Lin   +16 more
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Pentavalent rotavirus vaccine effectiveness among children in Shenzhen, China: A population-based test-negative design with directed acyclic graphs bias adjustment [PDF]

Infectious Medicine
Background: China's Notifiable Disease Reporting System comprehensively collects data on pediatric acute gastroenteritis cases from all levels of healthcare.
Zian Lin, Weiyi Cai, Yanan Liu, Juan Liu, Hongbiao Chen, Shaojian Xu, Qiuju Xie, Danting Lou, Yuying Zhang, Hairong Nan, Jiahui Li, Lixian Su   +11 more
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Regional difference on rotavirus vaccine coverage in children with diarrhea in Mozambique, before and during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Immunization coverage is a global concern for the Immunization Agenda 2030 due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, Mozambique had a positive impact on reducing all-cause diarrhea hospitalization and rotavirus
Marta Cassocera, Adilson Fernando Loforte Bauhofer, Assucênio Chissaque, Benilde Munlela, Esperança Guimarães, Telma Isaías, Carolina Conjo, Braiton Maculuve, Sérgio Chicumbe, Nilsa de Deus   +9 more
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Deployment of Rotavirus Vaccine in Western Kenya Coincides with a Reduction in All-Cause Child Mortality: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Vaccines, 2023
Rotavirus is an important cause of fatal pediatric diarrhea worldwide. Many national immunization programs began adding rotavirus vaccine following a 2009 World Health Organization recommendation.
Peter Sifuna, Andrea V. Shaw, Tina Lucas, Bernards Ogutu, Walter Otieno, David A. Larsen   +5 more
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Impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Côte d’Ivoire introduced rotavirus vaccine in March 2017. Rotavirus surveillance is conducted at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Yopougon in Abidjan, the capital city. Children
Alice Britoh Mlan, Rachel M. Burke, Hamidou Koné, Catherine Boni-Cisse, Rebecca N’Guessan, Flore Zaba, Lepri Nicaise Aka, Kofi N’Zue, San Koffi Adom, Sié Kabran Kouadio, Armel Bhérat Kouadio, Syndou Meité, Stephane Koffi, Hortense Faye-Kette, Keith Shaba, Bernard Ntsama, Joseph Biey, Negar Aliabadi, Jason M. Mwenda, Umesh D. Parashar, Jacqueline E. Tate   +20 more
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Patterns of rotavirus vaccine uptake and use in privately-insured US infants, 2006-2010. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Rotavirus vaccines are highly effective at preventing gastroenteritis in young children and are now universally recommended for infants in the US. We studied patterns of use of rotavirus vaccines among US infants with commercial insurance.
Catherine A Panozzo, Sylvia Becker-Dreps, Virginia Pate, Michele Jonsson Funk, Til Stürmer, David J Weber, M Alan Brookhart   +6 more
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Determinants of self-paid rotavirus vaccination status in Kanazawa, Japan, including socioeconomic factors, parents’ perception, and children’s characteristics

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Japan’s National Immunization Program does not cover rotavirus vaccine and no government subsidies are available. This study aimed to measure the uptake of and determinants that influenced self-paid rotavirus vaccination, including ...
Megumi Hara, Rie Koshida, Kaoru Araki, Masahide Kondo, Yoshio Hirota   +4 more
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Genotype Diversity before and after the Introduction of a Rotavirus Vaccine into the National Immunisation Program in Fiji

Pathogens, 2021
The introduction of the rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix, into the Fiji National Immunisation Program in 2012 has reduced the burden of rotavirus disease and hospitalisations in children less than 5 years of age.
Sarah Thomas, Celeste M. Donato, Sokoveti Covea, Felisita T. Ratu, Adam W. J. Jenney, Rita Reyburn, Aalisha Sahu Khan, Eric Rafai, Varja Grabovac, Fatima Serhan, Julie E. Bines, Fiona M. Russell   +11 more
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