Impact after the Change from Voluntary to Universal Oral Rotavirus Vaccination on Consecutive Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastroenteritis among Children in Kobe City, Japan (2016–2022)

Impact after the Change from Voluntary to Universal Oral Rotavirus Vaccination on Consecutive Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastroenteritis among Children in Kobe City, Japan (2016–2022)

Rotavirus (RV) is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE), particularly in infants. In 2006, the high efficacy of oral RV vaccines (RVVs, Rotarix<sup>TM</sup> and RotaTeq<sup>TM</sup>) was demonstrated. Voluntary RVV started in Japan in 2011, and in October 2020 were...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kandai Nozu, Hiroaki Hanafusa, Yoshinori Nambu, Takumi Kido, Atsushi Kondo, Akihiro Tamura, Hiroyuki Awano, Ichiro Morioka, Hiroaki Nagase, Akihito Ishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
children
emergency department
gastroenteritis
observational study
rotavirus
norovirus
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/11/1831

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