A critical review on a globally-licensed, live, orally-administrable, monovalent human rotavirus vaccine: Rotarix
A critical review on a globally-licensed, live, orally-administrable, monovalent human rotavirus vaccine: Rotarix
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DOI:
10.1517/14712590903103787
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发表时间:
2009-07
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
T. Nakagomi;O. Nakagomi
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作者:
T. Nakagomi;O. Nakagomi
Rotavirus is the major cause of severe gastroenteritis in children worldwide, and two, live, orally-administrable vaccines are licensed globally. They are Rotarix, a monovalent, human rotavirus-based vaccine (GlaxoSmithKline), and RotaTeq, a pentavalent, bovine–human reassortant vaccine (Merck). The RIX4414 strain, a G1P[8] virus, is contained in the Rotarix vaccine. It grows efficiently in the human intestine, as evidenced by vaccine virus shedding into faeces. Efficient multiplication of RIX4414 in the intestines may play a role in stimulating immune effectors other than neutralizing antibodies that may explain the protective immunity against fully heterotypic G2P[4] strains. The protective efficacy against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis afforded by Rotarix is consistently better against strains that share with RIX4414 both G and P serotypes (i.e., G1P[8]), or only P serotype (i.e., G3P[8], G4P[8] and G9P[8]). The Rotarix vaccine is safe regarding intussusception if its first dose is administered between 6 and 12 weeks of age and the last dose by 24 weeks of age with a minimum interval of 4 weeks between the two doses. The expansion by Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, USA, of the age limit for the first dose to age <15 weeks, and the last dose by 8 months requires close monitoring.