Rotavirus Vaccination and the Global Burden of Rotavirus Diarrhea Among Children Younger Than 5 Years.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Rotavirus infection is the global leading cause of diarrhea-associated morbidity and mortality among children younger than 5 years.

Objectives

To examine the extent of rotavirus infection among children younger than 5 years by country and the number of deaths averted because of the rotavirus vaccine.

Design, setting, and participants

This report builds on findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016, a cross-sectional study that measured diarrheal diseases and their etiologic agents. Models were used to estimate burden in data-sparse locations.

Exposure

Diarrhea due to rotavirus infection.

Main outcomes and measures

Rotavirus-associated mortality and morbidity by country and year and averted deaths attributable to the rotavirus vaccin

SUBMITTER: Troeger C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233802 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature