Open AccessLeveraging State Immunization Information Systems to Measure the Effectiveness of Rotavirus Vaccine
Author(s) -
Margaret M. Cortese,
Julie Leblanc,
Karen E. White,
Robert C. Jerris,
Patricia Stinchfield,
Kenan L. Preston,
James Meek,
Lynda Odofin,
Saadia Khizer,
Claudia Miller,
Vicki Buttery,
Slavica Mijatovic-Rustempasic,
Jay H. Lewis,
Umesh D. Parashar,
Lilly Cheng Immergluck
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2011-1006
Subject(s) - medicine , rotavirus , rotavirus vaccine , immunization , pediatrics , immunization program , diarrhea , immunology , antigen
Electronic immunization information systems (IISs) are now established in almost all US states. We used the IIS in Minnesota, Georgia, and Connecticut for immunization data and as the source of 1 of 2 control groups to measure pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) effectiveness (VE) using case-control methodology.