Title
Impact of rotavirus vaccination varies by level of access to piped water and sewerage: An analysis of childhood clinic visits for diarrhea in Peru, 2005-2015
Date Issued
01 August 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Delahoy M.J.
Ordoñez L.
Lopman B.
Clasen T.
Steenland K.
Levy K.
Publisher(s)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Abstract
Background: We conducted a national impact evaluation of routine rotavirus vaccination on childhood diarrhea in Peru, accounting for potential modifying factors. Methods: We utilized a dataset compiled from Peruvian governmental sources to fit negative binomial models investigating the impact of rotavirus vaccination, piped water access, sewerage access and poverty on the rate of diarrhea clinic visits in children under 5 years old in 194 Peruvian provinces. We considered the interaction between these factors to assess whether water access, sanitation access, or poverty modified the association between ongoing rotavirus vaccination and childhood diarrhea clinic visits. We compared the "pre-vaccine" (2005-2009) and "post-vaccine" (2010-2015) eras. Results: The rate of childhood diarrhea clinic visits was 7% [95% confidence interval (CI): 3%-10%] lower in the post-vaccine era compared with the pre-vaccine era, controlling for long-term trend and El Niño seasons. No impact of rotavirus vaccination was identified in provinces with the lowest access to piped water (when <40% of province households had piped water) or in the lowest category of sewerage (when <17% of province households had a sewerage connection). Accounting for long-term and El Niño trends, the rate of childhood diarrhea clinic visits was lower in the post-vaccine era by 7% (95% CI: 2%-12%), 13% (95% CI: 7%-19%) and 15% (95% CI: 10%-20%) in the second, third and fourth (highest) quartiles of piped water access, respectively (compared with the pre-vaccine era); results for sewerage access were similar. Conclusion: Improved water/sanitation may operate synergistically with rotavirus vaccination to reduce childhood clinic visits for diarrhea in Peru.
Start page
756
End page
762
Volume
39
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Virología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85088250211
PubMed ID
Source
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
ISSN of the container
08913668
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center under (award number U01 TW0101 07). Dr. Karen Levy was supported by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (grant number 1K01AI103544). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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