Analysis of the adverse reactions of the human rotavirus oral vaccine in the city of Franca – SP

Abstract

A retrospective cohort study, which used data obtained from the Epidemiological Surveillance in the city of Franca, in the interior of the State of São Paulo, aiming at analyzing the type of reaction and the coverage of the Human Rotavirus Oral Vaccine (HROV). This study was performed by students of the Medicine course of the University of Franca and analyzed statistically with the normality test of D'Agostino and Pearson. The information was obtained from the SIPNI Web (Information System of the National Immunization Program), and refer to the period from January 2007 to November 2017. There was a low incidence of HROV reactions in the period analyzed, equivalent to 0.077%, and when present, they are of low morbidity, rarely presenting complications. The majority of cases occurred in males and the first dose of the vaccine. However, there is still a lot of fear about it, and for this, it is a reason to refuse immunization by part of the population.