VACCINES AGAINST ROTAVIRUS INFECTION

Autor: Prygiel, Marta, Brodzik, Klaudia, Wiatrzyk, Aldona, Główka, Małgorzata, Woźnica, Katarzyna, Wdowiak, Karol, Czajka, Urszula, Zasada, Aleksandra A.
Zdroj: Postepy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology; December 2020, Vol. 57 Issue: 4 p313-327, 15p
Abstrakt: Rotavirus infections are a leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. Before introduction of vaccination for rotavirus 100–150 million cases of the infections were recorded globally with 500 000 of deaths. The first rotavirus vaccines were designed in 1980s. In 2007 two oral rotavirus vaccines containing live attenuated strains were registered in Europe: the monovalent vaccine Rotarix (RV1) and the pentavalent vaccine Rotateq (RV5). The vaccines are available all over the world.
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