Rotavirus vaccine

Rotavirus Vaccine Workshop Held

More than 125 participants from at least 15 countries attended the Fifth Rotavirus Vaccine Workshop at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, October 16-17, 1995. Rotavirus has emerged as the most important cause of severe diarrhea in children worldwide. It is a problem not only in developing countries, where it kills an estimated 870,000 children each year, b...

Rotarix rotavirus vaccine, live

Canadian rotavirus vaccine effectiveness data.

Rotavirus vaccine trial in Jamaica.

Worldwide, rotaviruses have been a significant cause of dehydrating gastroenteritis. This contributed to increased infant morbidity and mortality in Jamaica. We enrolled 1804 Jamaican infants in the international randomized, placebo-controlled, pentavalent (G1, G2, G3, G4 and P1) rotavirus vaccine trial. This pentavalent vaccine was found to significantly reduce rotavirus gastroenteritis attrib...

Rotavirus vaccine--time to act.

Rotavirus vaccines are finally available, and introducing them into the routine vaccination schedule will have a significant impact on the health of children fter a dramatic false start, oral rotavirus vaccines are now available to prevent severe, dehydrating diarrhoea in small children. Rotavirus infection in children can be as severe as cholera in adults, but affects a group who cannot compla...