Impact of rotavirus vaccination on diarrhea-related hospitalizations in São Paulo State, Brazil

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 32; no. 27; pp. 3402 - 3408
• Main Authors: Fernandes, Eder Gatti, Sato, Helena Keico, Leshem, Eyal, Flannery, Brendan, Konstantyner, Thais Claudia Roma de Oliveira, Veras, Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena, Patel, Manish M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 05-06-2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Allergy and Immunology; Applied microbiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil; Brazil - epidemiology; Child, Preschool; Diarrhea; Diarrhea - epidemiology; Diarrhea - prevention & control; Diarrhea - virology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis - prevention & control; Gastroenteritis - virology; Hospitalization - economics; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Human rotavirus; Humans; Infant; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Rotavirus; Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology; Rotavirus Infections - prevention & control; Rotavirus Vaccines - therapeutic use; Vaccine; Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects); Virology; South America; Brazil; America; Brazil, Sao Paulo; Diarrhea; Brazil; Vaccine; Rotavirus; Virus; Vaccination; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Reoviridae
• ISSN: 0264-410X; 1873-2518
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.015

Highlights • It assesses the impact of rotavirus vaccine in an economically diverse Brazilian state. • Reductions in diarrhea-related hospitalizations were large and similar across all categories of socioeconomic strata. • Rapid narrowing in health disparities is possible through universal immunization programs.