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. 2011 Mar 24;29(15):2791-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.104. Epub 2011 Feb 12.

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

Maria Paulke-Korinek  1 , Michael Kundi, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Alfred de Martin, Gerald Eder, Birgit Schmidle-Loss, Andreas Vecsei, Herwig Kollaritsch
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Herd immunity after two years of the universal mass vaccination program against rotavirus gastroenteritis in Austria

Maria Paulke-Korinek et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

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.

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