Rotavirus Surveillance in Pediatric Admissions to Kilifi County Hospital

Replication data for a study on long-term surveillance of rotavirus and other enteric viruses associated with severe diarrhoea in paediatric admissions to Kilifi County Hospital. The dataset comprises seven subsets covering vaccine effectiveness, temporal distribution, ELISA positivity, incidence by age, circulating strains, vaccine coverage, and pre/post-vaccine positivity reduction. Data was contributed by Zadock Kipkirui from the Virus Epidemiology and Control (VEC) Dataverse and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze rotavirus vaccine effectiveness based on the eligible children cohort described in Dataset1.
• Model the temporal distribution of rotavirus positivity and its correlation with yearly vaccine coverage as described in Dataset2.
• Study the annual positivity rates by ELISA testing mentioned in Dataset3.
• Calculate age-specific incidence of rotavirus disease using the data structure in Dataset4.
• Track the evolution of circulating rotavirus strains over time as indicated by Dataset5.

Strengths

• Dataset is structured into seven distinct subsets for focused analysis on different aspects of rotavirus epidemiology.
• Data supports analysis of vaccine impact through pre- and post-vaccine introduction comparisons mentioned in Dataset7.
• Last update timestamp of 2026-04-21 suggests recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and license information are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Virus Epidemiology and Control (VEC) Dataverse, author Zadock Kipkirui.

Collection Method

Long-term surveillance of paediatric admissions to Kilifi County Hospital.

Time Range

Long-term, but specific range is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 12:32:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kilifi County Hospital, Kenya.