• Hum Vaccin Immunother · Apr 2016

    Impact of vaccination uptake on hospitalizations due to rotavirus acute gastroenteritis in 2 different socioeconomic areas of Spain.

    • Francisco Giménez Sánchez, Esperanza Jiménez Nogueira, Miguel Sánchez Forte, Mercedes Ibáñez Alcalde, Elvira Cobo, Raquel Angulo, and Pablo Garrido Fernández.
    • a Instituto Balmis de Vacunas, Unidad de Infectología Pediátrica, Hospital Torrecárdenas , Almería , Spain.
    • Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 Apr 2; 12 (4): 1035-9.

    AbstractRotavirus is the leading cause of hospitalization due to acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in infants and toddlers. However, rotavirus vaccination has been associated with a decline in hospitalization rates due to rotavirus AGE. A descriptive retrospective study was conducted to analyze the impact of rotavirus vaccination on the rate of hospitalizations due to AGE among children ≤2 years old in 2 areas of the province of Almería, Spain. After eight years of rotavirus vaccination, rates of hospitalizations due to rotavirus AGE are diminished. This decline is closely related to vaccine coverage in the studied areas.

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