Rotavirus vaccination coverage among children aged 2-59 months: a report from Guangzhou, China

Qing He; Ming Wang; Jianxiong Xu; Chunhuan Zhang; Hui Wang; Wei Zhu; Chuanxi Fu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068169

Rotavirus vaccination coverage among children aged 2-59 months: a report from Guangzhou, China

PLoS One. 2013 Jun 28;8(6):e68169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068169. Print 2013.

Authors

Qing He¹, Ming Wang, Jianxiong Xu, Chunhuan Zhang, Hui Wang, Wei Zhu, Chuanxi Fu

Affiliation

¹ Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
China
Humans
Infant
Rotavirus / immunology*
Rotavirus Infections / immunology*
Rotavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Rotavirus Vaccines / immunology*
Vaccination / methods

Substances

Rotavirus Vaccines

Grants and funding

This work was supported by grants from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology (2011B050300001 and 2012B091100045), The department of Science and Information Technology of Guangzhou (2012J5100005). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.