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Rotavirus
New findings reported from E. Simpson and co-authors describe advances in rotavirus
March 12th, 2008
"Rotavirus gastroenteritis is the leading cause of diarrheal disease mortality among children under five, resulting in 450,000 to 700,000 deaths each year, and another 2 million hospitalizations, mostly in the developing world. Nearly every child in the world is infected with rotavirus at least once before they are five years old," scientists in the United States report. "Vaccines to prevent rotavirus or minimize its severity are now becoming available, and have already been introduced into the public vaccine programs of several Latin American countries. The World Health Organization ( WHO) has made rotavirus vaccine introduction in developing countries a high priority....
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-03-12)
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