[Immunization with monovalent oral vaccine against rotavirus in Mexico. Evaluation of the data of two years of the system of temporarily adverse event reports associated to vaccination (ETAV)]

Abstract

Background: The gastrointestinal manifestations are the adverse events mainly studied to the application of the vaccine against rotavirus.

Material and methods: In order subsequent to consider the risk of associated events taken care of the vaccination against rotavirus in infants, we realized a retrospective study of 2 years, evaluating 7,691,757 distributed doses of oral vaccine, in 2008 and 2009.

Results: The risk considered of an event associated after the application of the oral vaccine against rotavirus is of 2.9 events by 1,000,000 distributed doses.

Conclusions: The taken care of associated events were little common subsequent to the vaccination against rotavirus.