Abstract
ObjectiveWe aimed to estimate the Lanzhou lamb rotavirus (LLR) vaccination coverage (VC) and timeliness among children aged 2 to 59 months in Guangzhou, China.MethodsAn electronic system-based VC survey was conducted using stratified cluster random sampling.ResultsWe 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.ConclusionGreat efforts should be taken to increase LLR VC in eligible children in Guangzhou, China.
Highlights
Rotavirus infection is a common disease in children, which can lead to severe dehydration, hospitalization, and even death in babies and young children [1]
We describe an Lanzhou lamb rotavirus (LLR) vaccination coverage (VC) of 25.3% among children age 2-59 months in Guangzhou, China in 2013 and find that 89.7% of these children received only 1 dose of LLR vaccine
The national, state and local area rotavirus VC in United States was 59.2% in 2010 and 67.3% in 2011 [10], which is much higher than ours
Summary
Rotavirus infection is a common disease in children, which can lead to severe dehydration, hospitalization, and even death in babies and young children [1]. Rotavirus infection is responsible for 453,000 deaths in children under 5 years old, accounting for 37% of diarrheal deaths and 5% of all deaths in children under 5 [2]. In China, approximately 47.8% of children with diarrhea are hospitalized because of rotavirus infection [3]. 134,000 children younger than 5 years died from rotavirus and 70% of deaths occurred in rural areas [4]. From 2001 to 2011, children received 838,780 doses of LLR vaccine in Guangzhou [6]. We conducted an electronic system-based vaccination coverage (VC) survey in Guangzhou to estimate the LLR VC and timeliness among children aged 2 to 59 months to optimize the LLR immunization schedule
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