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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Rotavirus and the indigenous children of the australian outback: Monovalent vaccine effective in a high-burden setting
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 49, No. 3, Year 2009
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Description
Indigenous children living in arid Central Australia experience frequent outbreaks of rotavirus gastroenteritis. A widespread outbreak of G9 rotavirus infection occurred several months after introduction of the RIX4414 rotavirus vaccine. We performed a retrospective case-control study to determine vaccine efficacy during the outbreak. Two doses provided an estimated vaccine efficacy of 77.7% (95% confidence interval, 40.2%-91.7%) against hospitalization for gastroenteritis. Vaccine efficacy was 84.5% (95% confidence interval, 23.4%-96.9%) against confirmed cases of rotavirus infection. Vaccination was effective in this high-burden setting. © 2009 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Snelling, Thomas Laurence
Australia, Darwin
Menzies School of Health Research
Schultz, Rosalie
South Africa
Centre for Disease Control
Graham, Julie
United States, Fort Collins
Centre for Disease Control
Roseby, Robert D.
Australia, Alice Springs
Alice Springs Hospital
Barnes, Graeme L.
Australia, Melbourne
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Andrews, Ross M.
Australia, Darwin
Menzies School of Health Research
Carapetis, Jonathan Rhys
Australia, Darwin
Menzies School of Health Research
Statistics
Citations: 73
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/600395
ISSN:
10584838
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study