Intussusception after Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in India.

Samarasimha N Reddy1, Nayana P Nair1, Jacqueline E Tate1

  • 1From the Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences (S.N.R., N.P.N., V.T., S. Giri, I.P., S. Babji, S. Bidari, S. Senthamizh, G.K.), and the Department of Community Health (V.R.M.), Christian Medical College Vellore (T.J.K.J.), and Government Vellore Medical College (G.V.), Vellore, Kanchi Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital (B.S.), the National Institute of Epidemiology (G.K.C.P.), and the Institute of Child Health (P.D., M.J.), Chennai, Government Rajaji Hospital and Madurai Medical College, Madurai (K.M., H.B.), Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore (R.M., R. Gurusamy), the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (S. Giri, I.P., M.D.G.), Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad (R.A., G.K.), Kurnool Medical College and Government General Hospital, Kurnool (S.M.), Government General Hospital and Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada (K.B.G., B.R.), King George Hospital and Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam (P.P., R.P.G.), Sri Venkateshwara Medical College, Tirupati (M.B., V.M.), Sardar Valla Bhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics, Cuttack (S. Sathpathy, H.M.), the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar (M.D.), Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (N.K.M.) and Hi-Tech Hospital (R.K.R., P.M.), Bhubaneswar, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (G.G.), Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College, Mewat (S.C.), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (M.G.), Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur (R. Gupta), Rabindranath Tagore Medical College, Udaipur (S. Goyal), Dr. Sampurnanand Medical College, Jodhpur (P.S.), Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College Hospital, Kolencherry (M.A.M.), Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry (S.K., A.S.), Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore (H.J.), the Government Medical College, Guwahati, Assam (J.K.G.), King George Medical College, Lucknow (A.W.), and the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (V.G.) - all in India; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.E.T., U.D.P.).

Summary

The Indian rotavirus vaccine (Rotavac) showed no increased risk of intussusception in infants. This study provides crucial safety data for rotavirus vaccination programs in India.

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