

@article {3575,
	title = {Herd immunity after two years of the universal mass vaccination program against rotavirus gastroenteritis in {Austria}.},
	journal = {Vaccine},
	volume = {29},
	number = {15},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {2791{\textendash}2796},
	abstract = {<p>Austria was the first country in Europe implementing a universal mass vaccination program against rotavirus gastroenteritis \{\{\}(RV-GE)\{\}\} for all infants nationwide. Epidemiological data from a hospital based surveillance system show that incidence rates of children hospitalized with \{\{\}RV-GE\{\}\} decreased in 2009 compared to 2008 and compared to the prevaccination period 2001-2005. Decreasing hospitalization-rates from \{\{\}RV-GE\{\}\} were observed in children of all age groups, even in those not eligible for vaccination according to their age, suggesting herd immunity induced by universal mass vaccination against \{\{\}RV-GE.\{\}\} In 2009 the disease burden was highest in children below three months of age stressing the importance of the early start of the immunization course.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.104},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.104},
	author = {Maria Paulke-Korinek and Kundi, Michael and Pamela Rendi-Wagner and de Martin, Alfred and Eder, Gerald and Birgit Schmidle-Loss and Vecsei, Andreas and Kollaritsch, Herwig}
}
