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1: Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2006 Oct;17(4):195-9.Click here to read Links

The pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq.

Matson DO.

Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23501, USA. matsondo@evms.edu

Vaccination against rotavirus disease has been a global preventive health priority since rotaviruses were first discovered in the 1970s. The first licensed rotavirus vaccine, RRV-TV, was removed from the market shortly after licensure because of an unexpected serious adverse event, intussusception. A pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, PRV, is the second FDA-licensed rotavirus vaccine and does not signal the risk observed with RRV-TV. The properties and large safety study results of PRV are reviewed here.

PMID: 17055370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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