MEETING ABSTRACT Open Access Results after one year of rotavirus universal mass vaccination in Sicily

Rotavirus (RV) vaccination is the best strategy to pre-vent hospitalizations due to rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) and is strongly recommended by international health authority [1]. The Sicilian Health Department introduced rotavirus universal mass vaccination (RUMV) into regional immunizations schedule in 2013 (mean vaccination coverage = 31%). Intussusception is the invagination of one segment of the intestine within a more distal segment and even though the etiology is still unknown, in 1998, a relation-ship with a tetravalent rotavirus vaccine that was promptly withdrawn was suggested [2]. Post licensure surveillance studies have not confirmed previous find-ings and no increased risk of intussusception was found between vaccinated infants with both of the actually licensed rotavirus vaccines [3,4]. Aim of this study is to analyze the trend of RVGE hospitalizations and contextually to monitor the tren