Open AccessThe Burden of Acute Diarrheal Disease in Young Hospitalized Urban South African Children Five Years After Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction: A Retrospective Descriptive Study
Author(s) -
Euphrasia Makgatho,
Firuzan Patel,
Fatima Solomon,
Michelle J. Groome,
Sanjay G. Lala,
Preeteeben Vallabh,
Ziyaad Dangor
Publication year - 2019
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.0000000000002304
Subject(s) - diarrheal disease , rotavirus vaccine , rotavirus , diarrheal diseases , medicine , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , disease burden , acute gastroenteritis , disease , descriptive research , environmental health , under five , diarrhea , population , statistics , mathematics
Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. Multiple interventions, including rotavirus vaccination to infants since 2009, have reduced the incidence of diarrheal disease in South African children. Our study aimed to determine the burden of diarrheal disease 5 years after rotavirus vaccine introduction at a tertiary-level hospital.