This article, published in Pediatric Drugs, reviews the current status of rotavirus disease burden and vaccination coverage and effectiveness in the developed and developing worlds. The authors conclude that a successful rotavirus vaccination …

A web page from the WHO Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR) containing information on rotavirus disease burden and WHO recommendations related to rotavirus disease and vaccines. IVR's mission is to guide, provide vision, enable, support, …

This online course is a practical tool designed to aid health care administrators in making evidence-based decisions regarding rotavirus vaccine introduction into national immunization programs. The module provides training on topics ranging from …

This web page provides a comprehensive list of links to various resources related to rotavirus. It includes resources on disease surveillance, use of rotavirus vaccines, and training modules for health care workers involved in rotavirus vaccine …

This article, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, presents data collected from 43 countries by the global surveillance network for rotavirus from January through December 2009. The data indicate that rotavirus disease is still a …

Published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, this article presents an analysis of results from the World Health Organization rotavirus surveillance networks from 2001 to 2008. The data demonstrate the substantial burden of rotavirus diarrhea …

This article, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, discusses an economic analysis of government-funded universal rotavirus vaccination in Hong Kong from the government's perspective. The study concludes that based on 2002 …

This website outlines PATH’s work to provide expertise, tools, and evidence to support rotavirus vaccine access and sustainability in countries where children need them most urgently. It also contains details about specific PATH projects, …

This article, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, reports on the key issues discussed at a March 2011 meeting of technical experts and public health officials to review emerging data on intussusception related to current rotavirus …

In this review, published in Expert Review of Vaccines, researchers evaluated the feasibility and sustainability of introducing the rotavirus vaccine in Latin America. They examined policy development, rotavirus surveillance, and the …

This article, published in Pharmacoeconomics, provides an overview of the clinical profile of rotavirus vaccine RIX4414 (Rotarix™) in the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis in developing countries, followed by a comprehensive review of …

This fact sheet provides a technical perspective of PATH's work on rotavirus vaccines for children in the developing world. It includes an overview of PATH's efforts to increase access to and effectiveness of existing rotavirus vaccines, as well as …

Basic information on rotavirus vaccines and their addition to the US routine immunization schedule.

This editorial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, comments on recent efficacy trials of rotavirus vaccine in South Africa and Malawi and a postmarketing study in Mexico. Based on the data, the author recommends the introduction …

This article, published in Weekly Epidemiological Record, summarizes the World Health Organization's recommendations on rotavirus vaccines and related activities, including vaccine introduction, surveillance of rotavirus disease, and studies to …

This article, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, summarizes the World Health Organization's recommendations on rotavirus vaccines and related activities, including vaccine introduction, surveillance of rotavirus disease, and …

The potential benefit of safe and effective rotavirus vaccination in reducing morbidity and especially mortality from rotavirus gastroenteritis among children in developing countries has long been recognised. More recently, the focus of attention …

This supplemental issue of Vaccine summarizes data on the performance of rotavirus vaccines to help maximize their impact in developing countries and adds to the body of evidence demonstrating that rotavirus vaccines are a safe, proven, …

This article, published in Nature Reviews - Microbiology, outlines new advances in understanding rotavirus infection, prevention through vaccination, and what we can learn from existing vaccines in order to inform the development of future …

This commentary, published in the journal Gastroenterology, provides a summary of rotavirus vaccine development, including studies on the safety and efficacy of new rotavirus vaccines currently in use. The authors also emphasize the need …

This article, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, reaffirms the World Health Organization's recommendation that rotavirus vaccines should be included in all national immunization programs, especially in countries with high death rates. …

In this editorial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the authors discuss the introduction of two new rotavirus vaccines, RotaTeq and Rotarix, in the United States. Vaccine use showed marked change in rotavirus activity for 2008, even …

This editorial, published in Current Opinion in Virology, details the molecular structure and pathogenesis of rotavirus and outlines important areas for further research of current rotavirus vaccines. These include the causes of decreased efficacy …

Researchers used laboratory and hospital data of children admitted to two US hospitals with acute gastroenteritis to assess the need for routine rotavirus testing and determine disease burden. Findings confirmed the need for continued surveillance …

This study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, evaluated the safety and efficacy of Merck’s rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeq®), with a focus on determining risk of intussusception.