A decade of experience with rotavirus vaccination in the United States - vaccine uptake, effectiveness, and impact

• Published in: Expert review of vaccines Vol. 17; no. 7; pp. 593 - 606
• Main Authors: Pindyck, Talia, Tate, Jacqueline E, Parashar, Umesh D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis - prevention & control; Gastroenteritis - virology; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infant; rotarix; rotateq; rotavirus; Rotavirus - immunology; Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology; Rotavirus Infections - prevention & control; Rotavirus Vaccines - administration & dosage; Rotavirus Vaccines - immunology; United States - epidemiology; Vaccination Coverage; vaccination program; vaccine; United States; vaccine; vaccination program; Rotavirus; gastroenteritis; RotaTeq; Rotarix

Prior to 2006, nearly every U.S. child was infected with rotavirus by 5 years of age, and rotavirus was the leading cause of severe childhood gastroenteritis. In February 2006 and June 2008, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended a live attenuated pentavalent rotavirus vaccine...