Global impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction on rotavirus hospitalisations among children under 5 years of age, 2008-16: findings from the Global Rotavirus Surveillance Network

• Main Authors: Negar Aliabadi, MD (Author), Sébastien Antoni, MPH (Author), Jason M Mwenda, PhD (Author), Goitom Weldegebriel, MD (Author), Joseph N M Biey, MD (Author), Dah Cheikh, MD (Author), Kamal Fahmy, MD (Author), Nadia Teleb, MD (Author), Hossam Abdelrahman Ashmony, BSc (Author), Hinda Ahmed, PhD (Author), Danni S Daniels, MS (Author), Dovile Videbaek, MD (Author), Annemarie Wasley, ScD (Author), Simarjit Singh, MSc (IT) (Author), Lucia Helena de Oliveira, PhD (Author), Gloria Rey-Benito, MSc (Author), N Jennifer Sanwogou, MPH (Author), Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe, MD (Author), Jayantha B L Liyanage, MD (Author), Batmunkh Nyambat, MD (Author), Varja Grabovac, MSc (Author), James D Heffelfinger, MD (Author), Kimberley Fox, MD (Author), Fem Julia Paladin, PhD (Author), Tomoka Nakamura, MSPH (Author), Mary Agócs, MD (Author), Jillian Murray, MSPH (Author), Thomas Cherian, MD (Author), Catherine Yen, MD (Author), Umesh D Parashar, MBBS (Author), Fatima Serhan, PhD (Author), Jacqueline E Tate, PhD (Author), Adam L Cohen, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Rotavirus vaccine use in national immunisation programmes has led to declines in hospital admissions for rotavirus gastroenteritis among children; however, the global impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction has not been described using primary data. We describe the impact of ro...