Reduction in Rotavirus Disease and Sustained Predominance of G2P[4] Rotavirus Strain following Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine in Recife, Brazil

Montenegro, Fernanda Maria Ulisses, Falbo, Ana Rodrigues, Germano, Eliane Mendes, Correia, Nancy Barros, da Silva Souza, Edvaldo, Nakagomi, Osamu, Nakagomi, Toyoko, Cuevas, Luis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6581-0587, Cunliffe, Nigel A and Correia, Jailson B (2015) 'Reduction in Rotavirus Disease and Sustained Predominance of G2P[4] Rotavirus Strain following Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine in Recife, Brazil'. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, Vol 61, Issue 3, pp. 206-209.

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Abstract

Rotavirus vaccination was introduced in Brazil in March 2006. We describe the distribution of rotavirus genotypes in children with acute gastroenteritis in a hospital in Recife, Brazil, during pre- and post-vaccination periods. There was a 43.8% reduction in the proportion of diarrhea episodes due to rotavirus. Nevertheless, we observed a sustained predominance of G2P[4] as the main genotype identified in the post-vaccination period.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QW Microbiology and Immunology > Immunotherapy and Hypersensitivity > QW 805 Vaccines. Antitoxins. Toxoids WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > General RNA Virus Infections > WC 501 RNA virus infections (General or not elsewhere classified) WI Digestive System > WI 140 Diseases (General) WS Pediatrics > Diseases of Children and Adolescents > By System > WS 310 Digestive system
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmv006
Depositing User:	Jessica Jones
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2016 09:29
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:11
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5542

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