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Researchers from Children's Hospital Report on Findings in Vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 25th, 2012

2012 APR 25 -- "Question As rotavirus vaccines enter the scheduled immunization programs in Canada, more and more of the children younger than 1 year of age in my practice are receiving rotavirus vaccines. Is there evidence that rotavirus vaccines are effective in preventing acute gastroenteritis complications such as dehydration and hospitalization' Answer To reduce the burden of illness of rotavirus-induced gastroenteritis, 2 orally administered rotavirus vaccines were licensed in recent years," scientists in Vancouver, Canada report.

"Large studies documented the safety profiles of these vaccines and several provinces introduced a vaccine as part of...

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