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Clinical progress note: Rotavirus

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Rotavirus is a vaccine‐preventable cause of acute, viral gastroenteritis typically characterized by diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. Prior to rotavirus vaccine introduction, nearly all children worldwide had been infected by 5 years of age. Severe rotavirus gastroenteritis causes dehydration and electrolyte derangements, and infants and young ...
Kelsey Thetford, Meghan Hofto
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HSV-replication defective based vector as vaccines against Rotavirus infections [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Rotaviruses (RVs) are the most important cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans and animals. These viruses cause diarrheal disease primarily in the young, but infection and disease in older children and adults can occur, resulting in more ...
Facciolo, Sabrina
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of diarrhoea management approaches in Nigeria: A decision analytical model.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundDiarrhoea is a leading cause of death in Nigerian children under 5 years. Implementing the most cost-effective approach to diarrhoea management in Nigeria will help optimize health care resources allocation.
Charles E Okafor, Obinna I Ekwunife
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Vaccination in pediatric transplantation—General recommendations. A position paper by the European Reference Network TransplantChild

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among pediatric transplant recipients, despite significant advances in transplantation management. Vaccination is the most effective strategy to prevent infections; however, its efficacy is hindered in solid organ transplant (SOT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)
Valeria Casotti, Francesco Saglio, Adriana Balduzzi, Peter Barany, Vibeke Brix Christensen, Simona Buelli, Daniele Donà, Maja Klaudel‐Dreszler, Sara Mosca, Andrea Pietrobattista, Michele Pinon, Giusy Ranucci, Lars Wennberg, Lorenzo D'Antiga, ERN TransplantChild Working Group, Claudia Vittori, Manuela Tumino, B. Ruben Brandsema, Lisa Swartling, Silvia Garazzino, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Kai Lehmberg, Isabella Guzzo, Charlotte Roy, Nicola Pradegan, Silvia Simo Nebot, Maria Herthelius, Angelo Mazza, Enrico Aidala, Oleg Godik, Victoria Bordon Cueto De Braem, Marco Busutti, Emily Claire Argento, Marc Garcia Lorenzo, Timo Jahnukainen, Zoryana Ivanyuk   +35 more
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Seroepidemiology of group A rotavirus in suburban São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]

, 1998
Age-specifc patterns of rotavirus infection were investigated using a randomly selected and representative sample of sera from a suburban community of São Paulo, Brazil screened for class-specifc antibodies to group A rotavirus.
Cox, M. J., Beards, G. M., Massad, Eduardo, Medley, Graham, Nokes, D. James, Azevedo, R. S., McCrae, Malcolm A.   +6 more
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Rotavirus Genotypes in Hospitalized Children with Acute Gastroenteritis before and after Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Blantyre, Malawi, 1997-2019 [PDF]

, 2022
Background: Rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix [RV1]) has reduced diarrhea-associated hospitalizations and deaths in Malawi. We examined the trends in circulating rotavirus genotypes in Malawi over a 22-year period to assess the impact of RV1 introduction on ...
Mandolo, Jonathan J, Kanjerwa, O, Jere, KC, Chinyama, E, Chinyama, End, Shawa, Isaac T, Jere, Khuzwayo C, Kamng’ona, A.W, Barnes, KG, Barnes, K.G, Pitzer, VE, Shawa, IT, Parashar, UD, Parashar, U.D, Cunliffe, N.A, Chaguza, C, Nyaga, Martin M, Pitzer, Virginia E, Mhango, C, Kamng'ona, Arox W, Mandolo, J.J, Matambo, P.B, Jere, K.C, Nyaga, M.M, Wachepa, R, Cunliffe, NA, Hungerford, Daniel, Kanjerwa, Oscar, Iturriza-Gomara, M, Shawa, I., Pitzer, V.E, Chaguza, Chrispin, Parashar, Umesh D, Kamngona, AW, Matambo, Prisca B, Mhango, Chimwemwe, Malamba-Banda, Chikondi, Mandolo, JJ, Nyaga, MM, Hungerford, D, Wachepa, Richard, Cunliffe, Nigel A, Matambo, PB, Malamba-Banda, C, Barnes, Kayla G, Iturriza-Gomara, Miren   +45 more
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The impact of publicly funded rotavirus immunization programs on Canadian children

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: In 2008, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended routine rotavirus immunizations in healthy Canadian infants. Over the following seven years, eight provinces and two territories introduced the rotavirus vaccine into their ...
Pia K Muchaal, Matt Hurst, Shalini Desai
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Nanobodies as next‐generation targeting platforms: From discovery technologies to translational biomedicine

VIEW, EarlyView.
Nanobodies, derived from the variable domains of camelid heavy‐chain‐only antibodies, have emerged as transformative biomedical tools due to their nanoscale size, exceptional stability, and unique capacity to recognize cryptic epitopes. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the field, outlining the structural and biochemical features of ...
Zhenrui Ye, Xianyang Li, Meixiao Zhan
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Group A Rotavirus Infection Among Children with Acute Diarrhea in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
Rotavirus infections frequently cause acute gastroenteritis in humans and are the most important cause of severe dehydrating diarrhea in young children in both developed and developing countries.
Kamugisha, Erasmus, Seni, Jeremiah, Mwizamholya, Damas L, Hokororo, Aldofina, Temu, Akwila, Mshana, Stephen E   +5 more
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Rationale for Recommending Varicella Vaccination Into the Swedish National Immunisation Programme

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Under Swedish law, a vaccination may be included in the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) if it effectively prevents transmission in the population, is cost‐effective and aligns with ethical and humanitarian principles. The Public Health Agency of Sweden (PHAS) evaluated these criteria for introducing varicella vaccination. Methods The
Annika Ersson, Kari Johansen, Sören Andersson   +2 more
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