Herd immunity after two years of the universal mass vaccination program against rotavirus gastroenteritis in Austria

Austria was the first country in Europe implementing a universal mass vaccination program against rotavirus gastroenteritis (RV-GE) for all infants nationwide. Epidemiological data from a hospital based surveillance system show that incidence rates of children hospitalized with RV-GE decreased in 20...

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Veröffentlicht in:Vaccine 2011-03, Vol.29 (15), p.2791-2796
Hauptverfasser: Paulke-Korinek, Maria, Kundi, Michael, Rendi-Wagner, Pamela, de Martin, Alfred, Eder, Gerald, Schmidle-Loss, Birgit, Vecsei, Andreas, Kollaritsch, Herwig
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Zusammenfassung:Austria was the first country in Europe implementing a universal mass vaccination program against rotavirus gastroenteritis (RV-GE) for all infants nationwide. Epidemiological data from a hospital based surveillance system show that incidence rates of children hospitalized with RV-GE decreased in 2009 compared to 2008 and compared to the prevaccination period 2001–2005. Decreasing hospitalization-rates from RV-GE were observed in children of all age groups, even in those not eligible for vaccination according to their age, suggesting herd immunity induced by universal mass vaccination against RV-GE. In 2009 the disease burden was highest in children below three months of age stressing the importance of the early start of the immunization course.
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.104