Abstract
Human metapneumovirus and community-acquired respiratory illness in children.
Highlights
Rotavirus remains the most common cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea among children worldwide
Several international agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and the Children’s Vaccine Program at the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), have identified the accelerated development and introduction of a rotavirus vaccine to be among their highest priorities
Preliminary data from Asian Rotavirus Surveillance Network (ARSN) reaffirm that rotavirus remains a major cause of severe gastroenteritis among infants and young children
Summary
Joseph Bresee,* Zhao-Yin Fang,† Bei Wang,‡ E.A.S. Nelson,§ John Tam,§ Yati Soenarto,¶ Siswanto Agus Wilopo,¶ Paul Kilgore,# Jung Soo Kim,** Jung Oak Kang,†† Wong Swee Lan,‡‡. Several international agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and the Children’s Vaccine Program at the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), have identified the accelerated development and introduction of a rotavirus vaccine to be among their highest priorities. This decision was made based on the high incidence of rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea in children worldwide. Given the importance of rotavirus, GAVI has initiated the Accelerated Development and Introduction Program to expedite the development, evaluation, and introduction of rotavirus vaccines into the poorest countries with the goal of preventing most rotavirus deaths and hospitalizations within the decade
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