The Pediatric infectious disease journal
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Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. · Mar 2003
Comparative StudyIntussusception-associated hospitalization among Venezuelan infants during 1998 through 2001: anticipating rotavirus vaccines.
The first licensed rotavirus vaccine was withdrawn from use in the United States because of a low risk of intussusception. Consequently tests of new rotavirus vaccines will require some baseline knowledge of the rates and treatment of intussusception in countries where these vaccines will be tested. Therefore the objective of this study was to assess hospitalization rates and describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of intussusception in Carabobo, Venezuela. ⋯ This study provides some data about the incidence of intussusception and its epidemiology in a developing country where current or future field trials with rotavirus vaccine will be conducted.