The Japanese government has warned doctors that Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled around the world as a defence against a bird flu pandemic, should not be prescribed to teenagers for fear that it can lead to bizarre and self-destructive...
Read moreRare cases of anaphylaxis and serious skin reactions including toxic epidermal necrolysis, Steven-Johnsons Syndrome and erythema multiforme have been reported in post marketing experience with Tamiflu. Tamiflu should be stopped if an allergic...
Read moreHere we report the genome of a novel rotavirus A (RVA) strain detected in a stool sample collected during routine surveillance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s New Vaccine Surveillance Network. The strain...
Read moreurveillance for rotavirus-associated diarrhea after implementation of rotavirus vaccination can assess vaccine effectiveness and identify disease-associated genotypes. During active vaccine postlicensure surveillance in the United States, we...
Read moreVaccine Reasortment of Rotavirus – Vaccine Creating New Strains Vaccine or vaccine-reassortant rotavirus strains were detected in fecal specimens from 5 of 106 (4.7%) immunocompetent children who required treatment for rotavirus...
Read moreSince the vaccination againts rotavirus is recommended by WHO in all the world and since it was already introduced in the vaccination schedule of many countries, I think safety information must be shared. In France two vaccines Rotarix ® from GSK...
Read moreHealth authorities in France are reviewing whether a common vaccine to prevent stomach illnesses should be given to babies, after it emerged this week that two newborns died following the inoculations. A report has been submitted to...
Read moreDelhi will be part of the Indian Government’s plan to study one lakh infants so as to re-evaluate the effect of its indigenous vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis which was released earlier this month. Also part of the study, which is...
Read moreTransmission of rotavirus vaccine or vaccine-reassortant strains to unvaccinated contacts has been reported. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate and characterize the nature of vaccine–virus shedding among rotavirus vaccine recipients. Two...
Read moreBackground RotaTeq was introduced into the Australian National Immunisation Program in 2007. This study identified and characterised rotavirus strains excreted by infants who presented with symptoms of gastroenteritis following recent RotaTeq...
Read moreTwo live, attenuated rotavirus vaccines, RotaTeq® (Merck) and Rotarix® (GlaxoSmithKline), have been used in Australia since July 2007 to prevent severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in children. Using active postvaccination monitoring, passive...
Read moreWe describe a case of acute gastroenteritis in a schoolgirl associated with a detection of vaccine-derived, human-bovine double reassortant G1P[8] rotavirus, without any known contact with recently vaccinated infants. We propose that human-bovine...
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