Exceptionally low rotavirus incidence in the Netherlands in 2013/14 in the absence of rotavirus vaccination

S Hahné; M Hooiveld; H Vennema; A van Ginkel; H de Melker; J Wallinga; W van Pelt; P Bruijning-Verhagen

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.43.20945

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Exceptionally low rotavirus incidence in the Netherlands in 2013/14 in the absence of rotavirus vaccination

S Hahné¹, M Hooiveld^1,2, H Vennema³, A van Ginkel¹, H de Melker¹, J Wallinga¹, W van Pelt¹, P Bruijning-Verhagen^1,4
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Affiliations: ¹ Centre for Epidemiology and Surveillance (EPI), Centre for Infectious Diseases Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands ² NIVEL (Netherlands institute for health services research), the Netherlands ³ Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Diagnostics and Screening (IDS), Centre for Infectious Diseases Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands ⁴ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Hahné S, Hooiveld M, Vennema H, van Ginkel A, de Melker H, Wallinga J, van Pelt W, Bruijning-Verhagen P. Exceptionally low rotavirus incidence in the Netherlands in 2013/14 in the absence of rotavirus vaccination. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(43):pii=20945. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.43.20945 Received: 13 Oct 2014

Abstract

An unexpected drop in rotavirus (RV) detections was observed in the Netherlands in 2014, without RV vaccination. The estimated decrease in RV detections and gastroenteritis consultations in under five year-olds, in January-April 2014, compared to the same months in previous years, was 72% and 36%, respectively. The low birth rate, mild winter, high RV incidence in the previous year and the introduction of RV vaccination in neighbouring countries may have contributed to this decrease. .