Effects of Rotavirus Vaccination Coverage among Infants on Hospital Admission for Gastroenteritis across All Age Groups, Japan, 2011-2019.
Humans
Gastroenteritis
/ epidemiology
Infant
Japan
/ epidemiology
Rotavirus Infections
/ prevention & control
Rotavirus Vaccines
/ administration & dosage
Hospitalization
/ statistics & numerical data
Child, Preschool
Vaccination Coverage
/ statistics & numerical data
Male
Female
Rotavirus
/ immunology
Adult
Child
Adolescent
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
Young Adult
Aged
Incidence
Vaccination
/ statistics & numerical data
History, 21st Century
Japan
bacteria
enteric infections
gastroenteritis
hospitalization
rotavirus
vaccination coverage
vaccines
viruses
Journal
Emerging infectious diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
Titre abrégé: Emerg Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9508155
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
Historique:
medline:
23
8
2024
pubmed:
23
8
2024
entrez:
22
8
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We assessed the effect of rotavirus vaccination coverage on the number of inpatients with gastroenteritis of all ages in Japan. We identified patients admitted with all-cause gastroenteritis during 2011-2019 using data from the Diagnosis Procedure Combination system in Japan. We used generalized estimating equations with a Poisson distribution, using hospital codes as a cluster variable to estimate the impact of rotavirus vaccination coverage by prefecture on monthly numbers of inpatients with all-cause gastroenteritis. We analyzed 294,108 hospitalizations across 569 hospitals. Higher rotavirus vaccination coverage was associated with reduced gastroenteritis hospitalizations compared with the reference category of vaccination coverage <40% (e.g., for coverage >80%, adjusted incidence rate ratio was 0.87 [95% CI 0.83-0.90]). Our results show that achieving higher rotavirus vaccination coverage among infants could benefit the entire population by reducing overall hospitalizations for gastroenteritis for all age groups.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39174022
doi: 10.3201/eid3009.240259
doi:
Substances chimiques
Rotavirus Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Historical Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM