Effectiveness of monovalent rotavirus vaccine in Bolivia: case-control study

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Authors

Manish M. Patel · National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Maritza Patzi · Ministerio de Salud

Darwin Pastor

AL Nina · Ministerio de Salud

Yelin Roca · Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales

Luisa Álvarez

Volga Iñiguez · Higher University of San Andrés

Rosario Rivera

Abstract

The monovalent rotavirus vaccine conferred high protection against hospital admission for diarrhea due to rotavirus in Bolivian children. Protection was sustained through two years of life against diverse serotypes different from the vaccine strain.

Topics & Keywords

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology Viral Infections and Immunology Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ

Volume 346, Issue jun19 4, pp. f3726-f3726

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3726

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