ECDC launches public consultation on rotavirus vaccination in infancy
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Correspondence: Eurosurveillance editorial team ([email protected]) Citation style for this article: Eurosurveillance editorial team. ECDC launches public consultation on rotavirus vaccination in infancy. On 17 October, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) launched a public consultation on the preliminary scientific advice document 'Expert opinion on rotavirus vaccination in infancy'. The aim of the consultation is to harvest input for the ECDC expert opinion which should provide European Union/European Economic Area Member States with scientific opinion and expert opinion to support the decision-making process on the possible introduction and monitoring of routine vaccination against rotavi-rus-induced gastroenteritis in infants. Please read more here on how to submit contributions. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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