NYMC Faculty Publications
Rationale for In-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Administration of Live, Attenuated Rotavirus Vaccination
Journal Title
American Journal of Perinatology
First Page
1443
Last Page
1448
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
December 2018
Department
Pediatrics
Abstract
Rotavirus is the most common nonseasonal vaccine preventable illness. Despite increased severity of rotaviral illness in early infancy, most neonatal intensive care units (NICU) do not administer rotavirus vaccination either during the NICU stay at age of eligibility or at discharge as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends. In this commentary, we review the rationale for the administration of rotavirus vaccination to premature infants. Further, we outline data supporting vaccine administration at chronologic age while still admitted to the NICU.
Recommended Citation
Briggs-Steinberg, C., & Shah, S. (2018). Rationale for In-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Administration of Live, Attenuated Rotavirus Vaccination. American Journal of Perinatology, 35 (14), 1443-1448. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1660463
