Safety monitoring of ROTAVAC vaccine and etiological investigation of intussusception in India: study protocol

• Main Authors: Samarasimha Reddy (Author), Nayana P. Nair (Author), Sidhartha Giri (Author), Venkata Raghava Mohan (Author), Jacqueline E. Tate (Author), Umesh D. Parashar (Author), Mohan D. Gupte (Author), Rashmi Arora (Author), Gagandeep Kang (Author), Indian Intussusception Surveillance Network (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background ROTAVAC, an indigenous rotavirus vaccine, was introduced in the universal immunization program of India in four states in 2016 and expanded to five more states in 2017. The clinical trial on efficacy of ROTAVAC did not detect an increased risk of intussusception, but the trial wa...