Decline in Diarrhea Mortality and Admissions after Routine Childhood Rotavirus Immunization in Brazil: A Time-Series Analysis | Zendy

Greice Madeleine Ikeda do Carmo | Zendy; Catherine Yen | Zendy; Jennifer Cortes | Zendy; Alessandra A. Siqueira | Zendy; Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira | Zendy; Juan José Cortez-Escalante | Zendy; Ben Lopman | Zendy; Brendan Flannery | Zendy; Lúcia Helena de Oliveira | Zendy; Eduardo Hage Carmo | Zendy; Manish M. Patel | Zendy

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Decline in Diarrhea Mortality and Admissions after Routine Childhood Rotavirus Immunization in Brazil: A Time-Series Analysis

Author(s) -

Greice Madeleine Ikeda do Carmo,

Catherine Yen,

Jennifer Cortes,

Alessandra A. Siqueira,

Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira,

Juan José Cortez-Escalante,

Ben Lopman,

Brendan Flannery,

Lúcia Helena de Oliveira,

Eduardo Hage Carmo,

Manish M. Patel

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

plos medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847

H-Index - 228

eISSN - 1549-1676

pISSN - 1549-1277

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001024

Subject(s) - medicine , rotavirus vaccine , vaccination , rotavirus , diarrhea , pediatrics , confidence interval , immunization , demography , immunology , antigen , sociology

A time series analysis by Manish Patel and colleagues shows that the introduction of rotavirus vaccination in Brazil is associated with reduced diarrhea-related deaths and hospital admissions in children under 5 years of age.

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