Rotavirus vaccines: an update |
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Authors: | Dennehy Penelope H |
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Affiliation: | Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA. pdennehy@lifespan.org |
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Abstract: | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of severe diarrhea disease in infants and young children worldwide and has a major global impact on childhood morbidity and mortality. Vaccination is the only control measure likely to have a significant impact on the incidence of severe dehydrating rotavirus disease. RECENT FINDINGS: Rotavirus disease prevention efforts suffered a great setback in 1999 with the withdrawal of the RRV-TV vaccine less than a year after its introduction. Several new rotavirus vaccine candidates have now been developed and are undergoing clinical trials. SUMMARY: New safe and effective rotavirus vaccines offer the best hope of reducing the toll of acute rotavirus gastroenteritis in both developed and developing countries. |
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