Vaccination with 3-dose paediatric rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeq®): impact on the timeliness of uptake of the primary course of DTPa vaccine

Vaccine
Bissinger Wendy

Abstract

In countries like Australia where high coverage rates of early childhood vaccines has been achieved, ensuring timely vaccination is the next challenge--particularly where multiple doses are required for protection (e.g. DTPa vaccine). Since July 2007, for the first time, the Australian childhood vaccination schedule has included a vaccine (rotavirus vaccine) that must be administered within strict dosing windows. To determine whether the introduction of a 3-dose rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeq® into the national childhood immunisation program in Victoria, Australia, had an impact on the timeliness of the primary course of DTPa vaccine that is also scheduled at the same ages (2, 4 and 6 months). We studied de-identified data of >17,000 children residing in four large and culturally diverse localities in the Eastern Region of Melbourne, Victoria who were born prior to or after the introduction of RotaTeq® into the National Immunisation Program schedule. Timeliness was defined as the proportion of children who received a particular dose of DTPa vaccine within the dosing window for the equivalent dose of RotaTeq®. We were particularly interested in any change in the timeliness of dose 3 of DTPa vaccine. Before the introduction of RotaTe...Continue Reading

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