«Our findings confirm the utmost
importance of co-contribution
of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines in reduction
of burden
of severe diarrhea and respiratory diseases reduction, especially during winter, the season with peak hospitalization rates
of young children,» said principal
investigator, Ron Dagan, MD, Professor
of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel.