Intussusception Risk and Health Benefits of Rotavirus Vaccination in Mexico and Brazil
Author(s) -
Manish M. Patel,
Vesta Richardson López-Collada,
Marília Mattos Bulhões,
Lúcia Helena de Oliveira,
Aurora Bautista Márquez,
Brendan Flannery,
Marcelino EsparzaAguilar,
Ernesto Isaac Montenegro Renoiner,
María Edilia Luna-Cruz,
Helena Keico Sato,
Luz del Carmen Hernández-Hernández,
Gerardo Toledo-Cortina,
Magdalena CerónRodríguez,
Neydi Osnaya-Romero,
Mario Martínez-Alcazar,
Rocío Gabriela Aguinaga-Villasenor,
Arturo Plascencia-Hernández,
Francisco Fojaco-González,
Guillermo Hernández-Peredo Rezk,
Sixto F. Gutiérrez-Ramírez,
Roberto Dórame-Castillo,
Rogelio Tinajero-Pizano,
Bernice Mercado-Villegas,
Marilia Reichelt Barbosa,
Eliane Mara Cesário Pereira Maluf,
Lucimar Bozza Ferreira,
Francisca Maria de Carvalho,
Ana Rosa dos Santos,
Eduardo Dolabella Cesar,
Maria Elisa Paula de Oliveira,
Carmem Lúcia Osterno Silva,
Maria de los Angeles Cortes,
Cuauhtémoc Ruíz Matus,
Jacqueline E. Tate,
Paul Gargiullo,
Umesh D. Parashar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1012952
Subject(s) - intussusception (medical disorder) , medicine , rotavirus vaccine , rotavirus , vaccination , immunization , pediatrics , virology , environmental health , immunology , surgery , virus , antibody
Because postlicensure surveillance determined that a previous rotavirus vaccine, RotaShield, caused intussusception in 1 of every 10,000 recipients, we assessed the association of the new monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1) with intussusception after routine immunization of infants in Mexico and Brazil.
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