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Table 1 Epidemiological data for a birth cohort of 682,514 infants

From: Will vaccination against rotavirus infection with RIX4414 be cost-saving in Germany?

Parameter

Proportion of birth cohort

Number of cases

Source

Total RVGE cases

28.10%

192,037

Calculated

Untreated RVGE cases

6.20%

42,492

Calculated

Outpatient-treated RVGE cases

21.90%

149,544

[10]

Hospital-treated RVGE cases

4.93%

33,648

Calculated [9, 10]

Nosocomial RVGE cases

0.41%

2 795

Calculated from different sources [31–33]

Deaths

 

1

[34]

  1. RVGE rotavirus gastroenteritis.