Low uptake rotavirus vaccine: A study of vaccine effectiveness against rotavirus-related hospitalization based on electronic health records, Slovenia, 2019–2023
Both full and partial rotavirus vaccination significantly reduced rotavirus-related hospitalizations among children in Slovenia. These findings support efforts to improve vaccine uptake and consideration of rotavirus vaccination inclusion in the NVP to reduce disease burden.
Authors
- Veronika Učakar
- Maja Mrzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0441-1822)
- Kostas Danis
Institutions
- National Institute of Public Health (SI)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128440
- Primary Topic
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00