Trends in hospitalizations from all-cause gastroenteritis in children younger than 5 years of age in Brazil before and after human rotavirus vaccine introduction, 1998 - 2007

• Main Author: Lanzieri, Tatiana Miranda
• Publication Date: 2010
• Other Authors: Costa, Iolanda, Shafi, Fakrudeen A, Cunha, Maria Helena, Ortega-Barria, Eduardo, Linhares, Alexandre da Costa, Colindres, Romulo E
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá)
• Download full: https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/938
• topic: Gastroenterite / virologia; Rotavirus / isolamento & purificação; Vacinas contra Rotavirus; Hospitalização; Brasil (BR)

Rotavirus vaccination was introduced in Brazil in March 2006.We describe trends in hospitalizations from all-cause gastroenteritis in children younger than 5 years during pre- and postvaccination periods using hospital discharge data from Brazil Hospital Information System (SIH-SUS). A reduction in gastroenteritis hospitalizations of 26% and 48% in 2006 and in 2007, respectively, was observed among children younger than 1 year compared with prevaccination period (1998 2005). The largest reduction rates among children younger than 1 year were noted in the South and Southeast regions, approximately 56% in 2007, where vaccine coverage was the highest.