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Population Impact and Effectiveness of Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccination in Urban Malawian Children 3 Years After Vaccine Introduction: Ecological and Case-Control Analyses.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 May 2016
Bar-Zeev Naor, Jere Khuzwayo C, Bennett Aisleen, Pollock Louisa, Tate Jacqueline E, Nakagomi Osamu, Iturriza-Gomara Miren, Costello Anthony, Mwansambo Charles, Parashar Umesh D, Heyderman Robert S, French Neil, Cunliffe Nigel A
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BACKGROUND: Rotavirus vaccines have been introduced in many low-income African countries including Malawi in 2012. Despite early evidence of vaccine impact, determining persistence of protection beyond infancy, the utility of the vaccine against specific rotavirus genotypes, and effectiveness in vulnerable subgroups is important. METHODS: We compared rotavirus prevalence in diarrheal stool and hospitalization...
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