Marked Decrease in Rotavirus Detections Among Preschool Children Unvaccinated for Rotavirus in the Netherlands, 2014. Issue 7 (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pijnacker, Roan; Mughini-Gras, Lapo; Vennema, Harry; Duizer, Erwin; Pelt, Wilfrid van
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 35:Issue 7(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: rotavirus -- trends -- preschool children -- gastroenteritis -- laboratory surveillance; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001162
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

Abstract : Rotavirus detection rates among preschool children sampled irrespective of symptoms during the rotavirus season (January–April) in the Netherlands were significantly lower in 2014 (0.6%) than in 2010 (11.2%), 2011 (6.9%), 2012 (6.8%) and 2013 (6.7%). This supports previous observations of a genuine drop in rotavirus circulation (without rotavirus vaccination) rather than a milder disease course.