Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination on Hospitalizations and Deaths From Childhood Gastroenteritis in Botswana

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Authors

Leslie A. Enane · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Paul A. Gastañaduy · National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

David A. Goldfarb · McMaster University

Jeffrey M. Pernica · Botswana Open University

Margaret Mokomane · Botswana Vaccine Institute (Botswana)

Banno Moorad · Botswana Open University

Lingani Masole

Abstract

Following introduction of RV1 into the national immunization program, significant declines in hospitalizations and deaths from gastroenteritis were observed among children in Botswana, suggestive of the beneficial public health impact of rotavirus vaccination.

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: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 62, Issue suppl 2, pp. S168-S174

DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ1210

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