Recent advances of rotavirus (RV) basic and applied research are reviewed. They consist of
determination of the RV particle structure and functions of structural proteins, classification …

Rotaviruses cause life-threatening gastroenteritis in children worldwide; the enormous
disease burden has focused efforts to develop vaccines and led to the discovery of novel …

Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children
worldwide. Before initiation of the rotavirus vaccination program in the United States in 2006 …

Background. Globally, gastroenteritis is recognized as an important contributor to mortality
among children, but population-based data on gastroenteritis deaths among adults and the …

Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of severe diarrhea disease in infants and
young children worldwide and continues to have a major global impact on childhood …

Rotaviral gastroenteritis is a serious public health problem in both developed and
developing countries. The disease is ubiquitous, affecting nearly all children by the age of 5 …

In February 2006, a live, oral, human-bovine reassortant rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeq®) was
licensed for use among US infants. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices …

Historically, annual rotavirus activity in the United States has started in the southwest in late
fall and ended in the northeast 3 months later; this trend has diminished in recent years …

While the vast majority of our food supplies are nutritious and safe, foodborne pathogen-
related illness still affects millions of people each year. Large outbreaks of foodborne …

OBJECTIVE: The goal was to assess the effectiveness of complete (3-dose) or partial (1-or 2-
dose) immunization with pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) against rotavirus acute …