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Assays for the Specific Growth Rate and Cell-binding Ability of Rotavirus
Published on: January 28, 2019
Live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45229, USA. David.Bernstein@cchmc.org
Abstract:
Rotavirus infections are the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in young children worldwide. Recently two new rotavirus vaccines have entered the world market. This review provides a summary of the rationale, development, and evaluation of one of these vaccines, Rotarix. Rotarix is a live oral rotavirus vaccine developed from a single protective human strain following multiple passages in tissue culture to attenuate the strain. The vaccine is administered as two oral doses at approximately 2 and 4 months of age. Large safety and efficacy trials have shown the vaccine is safe, not associated with intussusception, and effective against the most common circulating human serotypes. Efficacy against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis and hospitalization have ranged from 85 to 100 percent.
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