RV1 was associated with a short-term risk of intussusception in approximately 1 of every 51,000 to 68,000 vaccinated infants.
The absolute number of deaths and hospitalizations averted because of vaccination far exceeded the number of intussusception cases that may have been associated with vaccination. (Funded in part by the GAVI Alliance and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.).
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The New England journal of medicine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., MS A-47, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. mpatel [at] cdc.gov
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