Effect of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine introduction on hospital admissions for diarrhoea and rotavirus in children in Rwanda: a time-series analysis

• Main Authors: Dr. Fidele Ngabo, MSc (Author), Jacqueline E Tate, PhD (Author), Maurice Gatera, MSc (Author), Celse Rugambwa, MSc (Author), Philippe Donnen, PhD (Author), Prof. Philippe Lepage, PhD (Author), Jason M Mwenda, PhD (Author), Agnes Binagwaho, PhD (Author), Umesh D Parashar, MBBS (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In May, 2012, Rwanda became the first low-income African country to introduce pentavalent rotavirus vaccine into its routine national immunisation programme. Although the potential health benefits of rotavirus vaccination are huge in low-income African countries that account for more tha...