Rotavirus Vaccination Coverage among Children Aged 2-59 Months: A Report from Guangzhou, China

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to estimate the Lanzhou lamb rotavirus (LLR) vaccination coverage (VC) and timeliness among children aged 2 to 59 months in Guangzhou, China. METHODS: An electronic system-based VC survey was conducted using stratified cluster random sampling. RESULTS: We reported an overall Lanz...

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Autores principales: He, Qing, Wang, Ming, Xu, Jianxiong, Zhang, Chunhuan, Wang, Hui, Zhu, Wei, Fu, Chuanxi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3695951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23840828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068169
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: We aimed to estimate the Lanzhou lamb rotavirus (LLR) vaccination coverage (VC) and timeliness among children aged 2 to 59 months in Guangzhou, China. METHODS: An electronic system-based VC survey was conducted using stratified cluster random sampling. RESULTS: We reported an overall Lanzhou lamb rotavirus vaccine coverage of 25.3% among children aged 2-59 months (2-8 months, 2.6%) in Guangzhou, China. CONCLUSION: Great efforts should be taken to increase LLR VC in eligible children in Guangzhou, China.

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