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Indirect protection of adults from rotavirus by pediatric rotavirus vaccination.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Mar 2013
Anderson Evan J, Shippee Deanna B, Weinrobe Melissa H, Davila Melissa D, Katz Ben Z, Reddy Susheel, Cuyugan Mary Gene Karen P, Lee Samuel Y, Simons Yael M, Yogev Ram, Noskin Gary A
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BACKGROUND: Pediatric vaccination has resulted in declines in disease in unvaccinated individuals through decreasing pathogen circulation in the community. About 2 years after implementation of pediatric rotavirus vaccination in the United States, dramatic declines in rotavirus disease were observed in both vaccinated and unvaccinated children. Whether this protection extends to adults is unknown. METHODS: The...
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