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- Title
Underestimates of intussusception rates among US infants based on inpatient discharge data: implications for monitoring the safety of rotavirus vaccines.
- Authors
Cortese, Margaret M; Staat, Mary Allen; Weinberg, Geoffrey A; Edwards, Kathryn; Rice, Marilyn A; Szilagyi, Peter G; Hall, Caroline B; Payne, Daniel C; Parashar, Umesh D
- Abstract
Because a previous rotavirus vaccine was associated with intussusception, new rotavirus vaccines are monitored postlicensure for any such association. Accurate background intussusception rates are needed to determine whether the number of cases observed after vaccination exceeds that expected by chance. Previously, intussusception rates were obtained from inpatient discharge databases. We sought to determine the rate of intussusception among infants managed only with short-stay or emergency department care.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2009, Vol 200 Suppl 1, pS264
- ISSN
1537-6613
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/605055