Rotavirus vaccines continue to reduce diarrhea hospitalizations, medical costs in US kids

(Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Following the introduction of routine childhood vaccination against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrheal illness, more than 380,000 children avoided hospitalization for diarrhea from 2008 to 2013 in the US, thus saving an estimated $1.2 billion in direct medical costs. The estimates, from a new study published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, provide additional evidence for the substantial impact of routine rotavirus vaccination.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news