Recommendations for vaccination against ROTAvirus in PREMature newborns (ROTAPREM)

• Main Authors: Javier Álvarez Aldeán (Author), Susana Ares Segura (Author), Celia Díaz González (Author), Abián Montesdeoca Melián (Author), Rubén García Sánchez (Author), Héctor Boix Alonso (Author), David Moreno-Pérez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rotavirus (RV) is the leading cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in infants worldwide. Most children are infected by RV by the age of 5 years, and especially in the first 2 years. Two oral attenuated vaccines against RV are licensed in industrialised countries, which have proven to be safe and ef...