A significant and consistent reduction in rotavirus gastroenteritis hospitalization of children under 5 years of age, following the introduction of universal rotavirus immunization in Israel

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2475-2482

  Muhsen, Khitam ^a   Rubenstein, Uri ^b   Kassem, Eias ^c   Goren, Sophy ^a   Schachter, Yaakov ^b   Kremer, Adi ^c   Shulman, Lester M ^a,d   Ephros, Moshe ^e,f   Cohen, Dani ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^e CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Impact; Israel; RotaTeq; Rotavirus; Universal vaccination

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; WINTER; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 84953879111     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1056951     Document Type: Article

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