Abstract
To the Editor. In the July 2008 Pediatrics Electronic Pages , 3 of us (Drs Daskalaki, Long, and Watson) published the results of our analysis of computerized records of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) immunization of infants, with reference to prediction of the likelihood of being able to have immunized these children against rotavirus.1 These data were derived from the ages at which infants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received their vaccines. Because of a previous rotavirus vaccine having been associated with intussusception, the guidelines for administration of the current rotavirus vaccines (RotaTeq [Merck & Co Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ] and Rotarix [GSK Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium]) are more stringent than …
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