Researchers have shown that differences in the entire rotavirus genome—not just its two surface proteins—affect how well ...

Rotavirus is a leading cause of severe gastroenteritis and diarrhea globally, and nearly all children have been infected with ...

"The risk of the original rotavirus vaccine was pretty small, and it was still taken off the market out of an abundance of caution once it was identified that there was a concern ...

Kwon et al. present an important paper using a novel approach to estimating rotavirus vaccine efficacy using data from a passive surveillance network in the US. They provide convincing evidence to ...

Previously, Dr. Gita serves patients at the Ajiwaras Clinic, Cilandak KKO. What exactly is rotavirus infection? How effective is the rotavirus vaccine in preventing this disease? Have you ever ...

In the RV5-specific analysis, only RV5- vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals were included. Figure 3. Nucleotide-level genetic distance distribution of all cases to the rotavirus vaccine strain* ...

Since licensure in 2006, the rotavirus vaccines, RV5 (pentavalent bovine-human reassortant vaccine, Rotateq, Merck) and RV1 (attenuated monovalent human rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix, GSK Biologicals ...

Challenges that lie ahead for rotavirus vaccines include obstacles common to many new vaccines such as high cost compared with existing vaccines, programmatic issues regarding new vaccine ...

The rotavirus vaccine was introduced in the Universal Immunisation Programme of India in 2016. Since then, says Dr. Ramesh, there has been a significant reduction in rotavirus-related ...

Angela Howard was concerned when her infant daughter stopped crying, despite repeated jabs with an IV needle. The child was dehydrated after three days of severe diarrhea and vomiting. A surgeon at ...