Effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines against hospitalisations in Japan

• Main Authors: Yoshiyuki Fujii (Author), Atsuko Noguchi (Author), Shinobu Miura (Author), Haruka Ishii (Author), Toyoko Nakagomi (Author), Osamu Nakagomi (Author), Tsutomu Takahashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Japan, rotavirus hospitalisation occurs at a rate from 2.8 to 13.7 per 1000 child-years among children age less than 5 years, and it imposes a substantial burden to the healthcare system in the country. While both monovalent (RV1) and pentavalent (RV5) rotavirus vaccines are l...