Open AccessRotavirus Vaccines and Health Care Utilization for Diarrhea in US Children, 2001 to 2015
Author(s) -
Halle Getachew,
Rebecca Dahl,
Benjamin Lopman,
Umesh D. Parashar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000001988
Subject(s) - rotavirus , medicine , rotavirus vaccine , diarrhea , pediatrics , vaccination , cohort , retrospective cohort study , immunology
Rotavirus vaccination was introduced in the United States in 2006. Our objectives were to examine reductions in diarrhea-associated health care utilization after rotavirus vaccine implementation and to assess direct vaccine effectiveness (VE) in US children.