Intervention analysis of introduction of rotavirus vaccine on hospital admissions rates due to acute diarrhea

• Main Authors: Maria de Lourdes Teixeira Masukawa (Author), Adriana Mayumi Moriwaki (Author), Nelson Shozo Uchimura (Author), Eniuce Menezes de Souza (Author), Taqueco Teruya Uchimura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of rotavirus vaccine on hospitalization rates for acute diarrhea in children younger than 5 years old after the introduction of the vaccine in 2006. A descriptive analytical observational study was carried out of the hospitalization rates occurred b...