Early impact of rotavirus vaccination in children less than five years of age in Mozambique

Deus, nilsa; Chilaúle, jorfelia José; Cassocera, Marta; Bambo, Miguel; Langa, Jerónimo sozinho; Sitoe, Ezequias; Chissaque, Assecênio; Amapakala, elda; Sambo, Júlia; Guimarães, esperança lourenço; Bero, Diocreciano Matias; Moiane, idalécia cossa; Mwenda, Jason m; Weldegebriel, goito; Parashar, umesh; Tate, Jacqueline

Early impact of rotavirus vaccination in children less than five years of age in Mozambique

Deus, nilsa; Chilaúle, jorfelia José; Cassocera, Marta; Bambo, Miguel; Langa, Jerónimo sozinho; Sitoe, Ezequias; Chissaque, Assecênio; Amapakala, elda; Sambo, Júlia; Guimarães, esperança lourenço; Bero, Diocreciano Matias; Moiane, idalécia cossa; Mwenda, Jason m; Weldegebriel, goito; Parashar, umesh; Tate, Jacqueline.

Vaccine; 36 (47), 2018

Publication year: 2018

Mozambique introduced rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix, GSK Biologicals) in the National Immunization Program in September 2015 with the objective of reducing the burden of total diarrheal disease and specifically severe rotavirus disease. This study aimed to evaluate the early impact of rotavirus vaccine in reducing all-cause diarrhea and rotavirus-specific hospitalizations....

Diarrhea/prevention & control, Diarrhea/epidemiology, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, d0016880, Rotavirus Vaccines/therapeutic use, Vaccination/statistics & numerical data, Acute Disease/epidemiology, Diarrhea/virology, Mozambique/epidemiology, Gastroenteritis/epidemiology, Gastroenteritis/prevention & control, Gastroenteritis/virology

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