Protection against gastroenteritis in US households with children who received rotavirus vaccine

J Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 15;211(4):558-62. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu503. Epub 2014 Sep 18.

Abstract

We used Truven Health Marketscan claims database (2008-2011) to compare gastroenteritis rates during January-June among households whose child had received rotavirus vaccine with those whose child did not receive vaccine. Statistically significantly lower rates of hospitalization with a rotavirus gastroenteritis or unspecified-gastroenteritis discharge code occurred in vaccinated households among persons 20-29 years and females 20-29 years (2008/2009), and males 30-39 years (2009/2010). Lower emergency department gastroenteritis rates occurred in vaccinated households among females 20-29 years (2009/2010) and individuals 5-19 years (2010/2011). These data suggest rotavirus vaccination of infants provides indirect protection against moderate-to-severe rotavirus disease in young parents and older siblings.

Keywords: adults; diarrhea; gastroenteritis; household; immunization; indirect protection; rotavirus; rotavirus vaccine.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Family Characteristics
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Rotavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Rotavirus Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Rotavirus Vaccines / immunology*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Rotavirus Vaccines