Both vaccines have since been shown to be 96% effective in reducing hospitalizations for rotavirus through the first 2 years after vaccination.. Dosing and Mixing Vaccine Schedules. Though the two ...

Prior to the vaccine, approximately half a million children worldwide died from rotavirus, but by 2013, 7 years after the vaccine's introduction, that number was estimated to be 215,000, a more ...

Rotavirus gastroenteritis is the leading cause of diarrhea-associated hospitalization and death in children younger than 5 years of age,1 with more than 85% of the approximately 200,000 annual rota ...

On the other hand, two clinical trials found the rotavirus vaccine Rotarix had 85 to 96% protection against severe rotavirus ...

Until a safe, effective vaccine for rotavirus was developed in the 2000s, the virus led to 55,000 to 70,000 hospitalizations and 20 to 60 deaths a year in the U.S. due to severe dehydration from ...

Rotavirus vaccine doesn’t work as well in Bangladesh, India, and other developing countries as it does elsewhere. Scientists are exploring why.

Unlike other common causes of diarrhea, rotavirus cannot be prevented through improvements in water, sanitation, and hygiene, so vaccines are essential to prevent complications and childhood deaths.

More information: Hanna Bergman et al,Vaccines for preventing rotavirus diarrhoea: vaccines in use, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2021).DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008521.pub6 ...

INFECTION with a rotavirus, the commonest cause of gastro-enteritis in children, may lead to childhood diabetes. Although this suggests that rotavirus vaccines could help prevent diabetes, it also ...

In the first four years they were available, vaccines against rotavirus prevented more than 176,000 hospitalizations, 242,000 emergency department visits, and 1.1 million doctor's visits among ...

Rotavirus is responsible for >500,000 deaths in children under 5 years of age worldwide annually. Two new vaccines shown to protect against rotavirus gastroenteritis were recently licensed.