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Reduction in Severity of All-Cause Gastroenteritis Requiring Hospitalisation in Children Vaccinated against Rotavirus in Malawi.
Viruses - 13 Dec 2021
Mandolo Jonathan J, Henrion Marc Y R, Mhango Chimwemwe, Chinyama End, Wachepa Richard, Kanjerwa Oscar, Malamba-Banda Chikondi, Shawa Isaac T, Hungerford Daniel, Kamng'ona Arox W, Iturriza-Gomara Miren, Cunliffe Nigel A, Jere Khuzwayo C
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus is the major cause of severe gastroenteritis in children aged <5 years. Introduction of the G1P[8] Rotarix® rotavirus vaccine in Malawi in 2012 has reduced rotavirus-associated hospitalisations and diarrhoeal mortality. However, the impact of rotavirus vaccine on the severity of gastroenteritis presented in children requiring hospitalisation remains unknown. We conducted a hospital-based surveillance...
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