Intervention analysis of introduction of rotavirus vaccine on hospital admissions rates due to acute diarrhea

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of rotavirus vaccine on hospitalization rates for acute diarrhea in children younger than 5 years old after the introduction of the vaccine in 2006. A descriptive analytical observational study was carried out of the hospitalization rates occurred b...

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Main Authors: Maria de Lourdes Teixeira Masukawa, Adriana Mayumi Moriwaki, Nelson Shozo Uchimura, Eniuce Menezes de Souza, Taqueco Teruya Uchimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2014-10-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2014001002101&lng=en&tlng=en