Article
Identification of vaccine-derived rotavirus strains in children with acute gastroenteritis in Japan, 2012-2015.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Kaneko Mei, Takanashi Sayaka, Thongprachum Aksara, Hanaoka Nozomu, Fujimoto Tsuguto, Nagasawa Koo, Kimura Hirokazu, Okitsu Shoko, Mizuguchi Masashi, Ushijima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Two live attenuated oral rotavirus vaccines, Rotarix and RotaTeq, have been introduced as voluntary vaccination in Japan since 2011 and 2012, respectively. Effectiveness of the vaccines has been confirmed, whereas concerns such as shedding of the vaccine strains and gastroenteritis cases caused by vaccine strains are not well assessed. We aimed to identify the vaccine strains in children with acute...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Feces
- Female
- Gastroenteritis
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Japan
