20 Apr Routine Rotavirus Vaccination in Brazil has Reduced Diarrhea Deaths in Children
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Rotavirus vaccination in all areas of Brazil is associated with reduced diarrhea-related deaths and hospital admissions in children aged under five years, reports a study in this week’s PLoS Medicine.
Manish Patel from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and colleagues show that these real-world impact data – what actually happens in reality rather than in strictly controlled clinical trial settings – are consistent with the clinical trials and conclude that their study strengthens the evidence base for use of rotavirus vaccination as an effective measure for controlling severe and fatal childhood diarrhea.