Occurrence of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in children younger than three years of age before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine: a prospective observational study in four pediatric clinics in Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

• Main Authors: Tomohiro Oishi (Author), Masamichi Matsunaga (Author), Tokushi Nakano (Author), Shoji Sudo (Author), Hiroaki Kuwajima (Author), Shuko Tokuriki (Author), Shibata RVGE Study (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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In Japan, rotavirus (RV) vaccines have already been introduced but not used for universal vaccination as of 2018. Therefore, we identified cases of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) in children younger than three years of age and investigated the occurrence of infection before and after the in...