Evaluation of Intussusception after Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccination in Africa

Jacqueline E Tate1, Jason M Mwenda1, George Armah1

  • 1From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.E.T., M.M.C., B.A.L., C.Y., H.G., U.D.P.); the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (J.M.M., R.M., F.R.Z., R.M.M.); the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (G.A.) and the School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences (C.E.-L.), University of Ghana, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (H.G.-A.), Accra, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi (D.A.), and the School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe (C.T.N.) - all in Ghana; the WHO Country Office (B.J.) and Muhimbili National Hospital (M.M.), Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi (D.M.), and Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital, Mbeya (L.M.) - all in Tanzania; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research, Kisumu (R.O., B.O.), the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi (F.O.), and the School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret (P.S.) - all in Kenya; the WHO Country Office (A.A., T.K., F.T.) and the School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University (A.T.), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Harare Central Hospital (H.M., B.M.), the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe (H.M.), the WHO Intercountry Support Team (G.W.), and Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Child Care (P.M.), Harare, Zimbabwe; the Children's Hospital (E.M.), Adult Hospital, Virology Laboratory (J.S.), and Adult Hospital, Department of Surgery, Pediatric Surgical Unit (B.B.), University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia; the College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre (B.N.); and the Centre for Global Vaccine Research, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom (N.C.).

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