Impact of Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction and Postintroduction Etiology of Diarrhea Requiring Hospital Admission in Haydom, Tanzania, a Rural African Setting | Zendy

James A Platts-Mills | Zendy; Caroline Amour | Zendy; Jean Gratz | Zendy; Rosemary Nshama | Zendy; Thomas Walongo | Zendy; Buliga Mujaga | Zendy; Athanasia Maro | Zendy; Timothy L. McMurry | Zendy; Jie Liu | Zendy; Estomih Mduma | Zendy; Eric R. Houpt | Zendy

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Impact of Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction and Postintroduction Etiology of Diarrhea Requiring Hospital Admission in Haydom, Tanzania, a Rural African Setting

Author(s) -

James A Platts-Mills,

Caroline Amour,

Jean Gratz,

Rosemary Nshama,

Thomas Walongo,

Buliga Mujaga,

Athanasia Maro,

Timothy L. McMurry,

Jie Liu,

Estomih Mduma,

Eric R. Houpt

Publication year - 2017

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/cix494

Subject(s) - medicine , rotavirus , rotavirus vaccine , diarrhea , etiology , cryptosporidium , confidence interval , shigella , shigellosis , pediatrics , tanzania , virology , feces , salmonella , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , environmental science , environmental planning , bacteria , biology

No data are available on the etiology of diarrhea requiring hospitalization after rotavirus vaccine introduction in Africa. The monovalent rotavirus vaccine was introduced in Tanzania on 1 January 2013. We performed a vaccine impact and effectiveness study as well as a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)-based etiology study at a rural Tanzanian hospital.

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