Impact of the Rotavirus Vaccination Program in Norway After Four Years With High Coverage

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Authors

Tone Bruun

Beatriz Valcárcel Salamanca · Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Terese Bekkevold · Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Henrik Døllner · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Moustafa Gibory · Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Ann Marit Gilje · Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Elisebet Haarr · Stavanger University Hospital

Abstract

Four years after introduction of rotavirus vaccination in the national childhood immunization program, we recorded a substantial reduction in the number of children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis in Norway, attributable to a high vaccine effectiveness.

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: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volume 40, Issue 4, pp. 368-374

DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003020

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