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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduction in hospitalisations for acute gastroenteritis-associated childhood seizures since introduction of rotavirus vaccination
T2 - A time-series and change-point analysis of hospital admissions in England
AU - Hungerford, D.J.
AU - French, N.
AU - Iturriza-Gómara, M.
AU - Read, J.M.
AU - Cunliffe, N.A.
AU - Vivancos, R.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Introduction: The incidence of severe childhood diarrhoea has fallen substantially following the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in the UK in July 2013. Since children with rotavirus infection may experience febrile and afebrile seizures, we evaluated the impact of rotavirus vaccination on seizure hospitalisations in children in England. Methods: Using data from Hospital Episode Statistics, we employed interrupted time-series analyses to assess changes in monthly hospital admissions for seizures among children aged
AB - Introduction: The incidence of severe childhood diarrhoea has fallen substantially following the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in the UK in July 2013. Since children with rotavirus infection may experience febrile and afebrile seizures, we evaluated the impact of rotavirus vaccination on seizure hospitalisations in children in England. Methods: Using data from Hospital Episode Statistics, we employed interrupted time-series analyses to assess changes in monthly hospital admissions for seizures among children aged
KW - diarrhoea
KW - effectiveness
KW - epidemiological methods
KW - time-series
KW - vaccination
U2 - 10.1136/jech-2019-213055
DO - 10.1136/jech-2019-213055
M3 - Journal article
SP - 1020
EP - 1025
JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
SN - 0143-005X
ER -