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Nationwide population-based study showed that the rotavirus vaccination had no impact on the incidence of biliary atresia in Korea.

Jee Hyun LeeHyeong Sik AhnSeungjin HanHeather S SwanYoon LeeHyun Jung Kim
Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2019)
Rotavirus vaccination had no impact on the incidence of biliary atresia, possibly because the vaccination did not change the neonatal rotavirus infection rate through herd immunity. However, rotavirus infections in neonates were significantly associated with biliary atresia.
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