Global burden and trends of rotavirus infection-associated deaths from 1990 to 2019: an observational trend study

• Published in: Virology journal Vol. 19; no. 1; p. 166
• Main Authors: Du, Yuxia, Chen, Can, Zhang, Xiaobao, Yan, Danying, Jiang, Daixi, Liu, Xiaoxiao, Yang, Mengya, Ding, Cheng, Lan, Lei, Hecht, Robert, Zhu, Changtai, Yang, Shigui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 20.10.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Africa; Analysis; burden of disease; Casualties; Children; computer software; Death; Diarrhea; Disease susceptibility; Distribution; elderly; Expenditures; GDP; Generalized linear models; Global burden; Global trends; Gross Domestic Product; health care costs; Infections; Joinpoint regression model; linear models; Medical care, Cost of; Monte Carlo simulation; Mortality; North America; Pacific Ocean Islands; Pathogens; people; Prevention; Public health; regression analysis; risk; Risk factors; Rotavirus; Rotavirus infections; Sociodemographics; South Asia; Statistical significance; Testing; Trends; uncertainty; Vaccines; Viral diarrhea; Viruses; China; Austria; Australia; Niger; North America; Pacific Ocean Islands; Africa; South Asia

Rotavirus is the leading global pathogen of diarrhea-associated mortality and poses a great threat to public health in all age groups. This study aimed to explore the global burden and 30-year change patterns of rotavirus infection-associated deaths. Based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study...