Impact of rotavirus vaccines in low and middle-income countries

KNC Sindhu, S Babji, SK Ganesan - Current opinion in infectious …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Increasing evidence from impact studies shows the significant impact of rotavirus
vaccination on hospitalizations and economic burden because of rotavirus gastroenteritis in …

Modeling rotavirus strain dynamics in developed countries to understand the potential impact of vaccination on genotype distributions

VE Pitzer, MM Patel, BA Lopman… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding how immunity shapes the dynamics of multistrain pathogens is essential in
determining the selective pressures imposed by vaccines. There is currently much interest in …

Influence of birth rates and transmission rates on the global seasonality of rotavirus incidence

VE Pitzer, C Viboud, BA Lopman… - Journal of the …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Rotavirus is a major cause of mortality in developing countries, and yet the dynamics of
rotavirus in such settings are poorly understood. Rotavirus is typically less seasonal in the …

Modeling environmentally mediated rotavirus transmission: The role of temperature and hydrologic factors

ANM Kraay, AF Brouwer, N Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Rotavirus is considered a directly transmitted disease due to its high infectivity.
Environmental pathways have, therefore, largely been ignored. Rotavirus, however, persists …

Direct and indirect effects of rotavirus vaccination: comparing predictions from transmission dynamic models

VE Pitzer, KE Atkins, BF de Blasio, T Van Effelterre… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Early observations from countries that have introduced rotavirus vaccination suggest that
there may be indirect protection for unvaccinated individuals, but it is unclear whether these …

Predictive modeling for infectious diarrheal disease in pediatric populations: A systematic review

B Ogwel, V Mzazi, BO Nyawanda… - Learning Health …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Diarrhea is still a significant global public health problem. There are currently no
systematic evaluation of the modeling areas and approaches to predict diarrheal illness …

Impact of rotavirus vaccination on epidemiological dynamics in England and Wales

KE Atkins, E Shim, VE Pitzer, AP Galvani - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
Rotavirus infection causes severe gastroenteritis (RVGE) in children worldwide. Its disease
burden has been reduced in countries where mass vaccination programs have been …

Evaluating strategies to improve rotavirus vaccine impact during the second year of life in Malawi

VE Pitzer, A Bennett, N Bar-Zeev, KC Jere… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Rotavirus vaccination has substantially reduced the incidence of rotavirus-associated
gastroenteritis (RVGE) in high-income countries, but vaccine impact and estimated …

Health impact and cost-effectiveness of a domestically-produced rotavirus vaccine in India: a model based analysis

J Rose, L Homa, SB Meropol, SM Debanne… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Currently, Indian officials are incorporating a domestically manufactured
rotavirus vaccine (based on the 116E rotavirus strain) into the country's universal …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of rotavirus transmission dynamics and impact of vaccination in Ghana

EO Asare, MA Al-Mamun, GE Armah, BA Lopman… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Rotavirus incidence remains relatively high in low-income countries (LICs)
compared to high-income countries (HICs) after vaccine introduction. Ghana introduced …