rotdat: Data on Rotavirus vaccine and intussusception

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Data on Rotavirus vaccine and intussusception

Description

The data comprise ages in days at rotavirus vaccine (RV) and first symptoms of intussusception in children between the ages of 42 and 183 days. There are 566 cases. Ages have been jittered.

Usage

rotdat

Format

A data frame containing 566 rows and 6 columns. The column names are 'case' (individual identifier), 'sta' (age on first day of the observation period), 'end' (age on last day of the observation period), 'intus' (age at first symptom of intussusception), 'rv' (age at first dose of RV), 'rvd2' (age at second dose of RV).

References

Stowe J., Andrews, N., Ladhani, S., and Miller E. (2016). The risk of intussusception following monovalent rotavirus vaccination in England: A self-controlled case-series evaluation. Vaccine 34, 3684-3689.


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