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Article: Rotavirus hospitalizations drop 84% in 3 years.(INFECTIOUS DISEASES)
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- Pediatric News
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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BALTIMORE -- Rotavirus hospitalizations declined by 84% from 2006 to 2008 among children less than 3 years of age, suggesting a dramatic effect of vaccination.
That degree of decline was seen even among children 2-3 years old whose age made them ineligible to be vaccinated against rotavirus, suggesting that the vaccine's impact extends beyond direct vaccinees, Daniel C. Payne, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies.
Dramatic decreases in rotavirus hospitalization rates were observed in 2008, compared with the pre-vaccine licensure year 2006. "Rotavirus hospitalization rate decreases were much greater than would be expected ...