All-cause gastroenteritis hospitalisations of children decreased after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in Stockholm

In Stockholm, Sweden, rotavirus vaccination was offered to children born after 1 March 2014. Our aim was to describe rates of hospitalisation due to community-acquired gastroenteritis before and after the introduction of the vaccine, and aetiology, underlying medical conditions and complications in admitted children. We retrospectively included patients from our catchment area hospitalised with a diagnosis of gastroenteritis during ten infection seasons 2008/2009–2017/2018, whereof six seasons prevaccination and four seasons postvaccination. We studied virus detection data and the patients’ medical records. We included 3718 episodes in 3513 children. In 2967 (80%), stools were tested with virus isolation, ELISA, PCR, or bacterial culture; 479 (16%) tested negative. The incidence rates, with 95% confidence intervals, for children p p p p Rotavirus vaccination reduced the number of children