A decade of experience with rotavirus vaccination in the United States - vaccine uptake, effectiveness, and impact.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prior to 2006, nearly every U.S. child was infected with rotavirus by 5 years of age, and rotavirus was the leading cause of severe childhood gastroenteritis. In February 2006 and June 2008, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended a live attenuated pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) and a monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1), respectively, for routine vaccination of infants in the United States.

Areas covered

We reviewed U.S. data on coverage, vaccine effectiveness (VE), and vaccine impact from 2006 to 2017. National rotavirus vaccine coverage estimates increased since vaccine introduction but plateaued at 71-75% in 2013-2015, a level 15-20% lower than that of other routine childhood vaccines. Pooled VE of full series RV5 and RV1 against rota

SUBMITTER: Pindyck T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9199965 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature