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Studies from Center for Disease Control and Prevention Provide New Data on Pediatric Vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 28th, 2012

2012 MAR 28 -- "Objective We examined data from 1979-2007 to generate up-to-date baseline estimates of rotavirus intussusception mortality in US infants, to inform policy deliberations of the risks and benefits of vaccination. Study design Secular trends in the infant intussusception mortality rate were evaluated using national multiple cause-of-death and natality data from 1979-2007," scientists writing in the Journal of Pediatrics report.

"Linked birth/infant death data from 1998-2006 were examined to identify risk factors for intussusception deaths. Results After declining from 1979-1996, the average annual intussusception mortality rate...

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