Population Impact and Effectiveness of Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccination in Urban Malawian Children 3 Years After Vaccine Introduction: Ecological and Case-Control Analyses
Author(s) -
Naor BarZeev,
Khuzwayo C. Jere,
Aisleen Bennett,
Louisa Pollock,
Jacqueline E. Tate,
Osamu Nakagomi,
Miren IturrizaGómara,
Anthony Costello,
Charles Mwansambo,
Umesh D. Parashar,
Robert S. Heyderman,
Neil French,
Nigel A. Cunliffe
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ1183
Subject(s) - rotavirus , medicine , rotavirus vaccine , vaccination , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , population , pediatrics , diarrhea , vaccine efficacy , demography , environmental health , immunology , physics , optics , sociology
Rotavirus vaccines have been introduced in many low-income African countries including Malawi in 2012. Despite early evidence of vaccine impact, determining persistence of protection beyond infancy, the utility of the vaccine against specific rotavirus genotypes, and effectiveness in vulnerable subgroups is important.
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