Acute diarrhoea in a community cohort of children who received an oral rotavirus vaccine in Northeast Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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106(3): 330-334, May 2011. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Rotavirus is an important cause of childhood diarrhoea. A monovalent rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix®) was introduced into the Immunization Program of Brazil in 2006. In this study, we describe the incidence and burden of disease of rotavirus diarrhoea in two cohorts of children (vaccinated and unvaccinated). We followed two groups of 250 children under one year old, who were enrolled in December 2006 from a low-income residential area in Northeast Brazil. The children were monitored every two weeks for two years. Stool samples from children with diarrhoea were examined for the presence of rotavirus. Rotaviruses were genotyped using real time-polymerase chain reaction. The mean numbers of all-cause diarrhoea episodes/child (adjusted for age) in the first year were 0.87 and 0.84, in vaccinated and unvaccinated children, respectively. During the second year, the number of episodes/child decreased to 0.52 and 0.42. Only 16 (4.9 percent) of 330 stool samples were rotavirus-positive (10 vaccinated and 6 unvaccinated children) and only P[4]G2 rotaviruses were identified. All-cause diarrhoea episodes were more severe in unvaccinated children in the first year of age (p < 0.05), while vaccinated children had more severe episodes 18 months after vaccination. Rotavirus diarrhoea incidence was very low in both groups.
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Main subject:
Rotavirus Infections
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Rotavirus Vaccines
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Diarrhea, Infantile
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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United kingdom
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira/BR
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Universidade Federal de Sergipe/BR
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University of Liverpool/GB
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