Despite the rather short history of vaccination, compared with the millennia of various human
plagues and pestilences, more than a dozen major infectious diseases (most notably …

Background To date little conclusive evidence exists on the seasonality of rotavirus
incidence in the tropics. We present a systematic review and meta-analysis on the seasonal …

Temporal and spatial fluctuations in the genotype distribution of human rotaviruses are
continuously observed in surveillance studies. New genotypes, such as G9 and G12, have …

Worldwide, diarrhea is the second most common cause of fatal childhood disease,
estimated to cause approximately 1.34 million deaths among children aged< 5 years. 1 …

Rotaviruses are a major cause of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children
worldwide and in many other mammalian and avian host species. Since 2006, two live …

Rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrheal death among children< 5 years old worldwide,
estimated to have caused~ 215,000 deaths in 2013. Prior to rotavirus vaccine …

Understanding the mechanisms underlying the induction of immunity in the gastrointestinal
mucosa following oral immunization and the cross‐talk between mucosal and systemic …

INTRODUCTION: In Australia, post-marketing surveillance for intussusception following
vaccination commenced with funding of RotaTeq® and Rotarix® vaccines under the …

Background Peak incidence of rotavirus gastroenteritis is seen in infants between 6 and 24
months of age. We therefore aimed to assess the 2-year efficacy and safety of an oral live …

Rotavirus claims thousands of lives of children globally every year with a disproportionately
high burden in low-and lower-middle income countries where access to health care is …