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Effectiveness of Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccine After Programmatic Implementation in Botswana: A Multisite Prospective Case-Control Study

Authors :
Jeffrey M. Pernica
Margaret Mokomane
Andrew P. Steenhoff
Marek Smieja
David M. Goldfarb
Loeto Mazhani
Jacqueline E. Tate
Haruna Jibril
Michael D. Bowen
Mathew D. Esona
Paul A. GastaƱaduy
Umesh D. Parashar
Source :
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 62:S161-S167
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016.

Abstract

BACKGROUND Botswana introduced monovalent G1P rotavirus vaccine (RV1) in July 2012, providing one of the first opportunities to assess the effectiveness of routine RV1 vaccination in a high-burden setting in Africa. We sought to determine the effectiveness of RV1 against rotavirus diarrhea hospitalization using a case-control evaluation. METHODS Vaccine age-eligible children

Details

ISSN :
15376591 and 10584838
Volume :
62
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4a038aec6b6d33111f59651f78f7d8a9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ1207