Rotavirus Resources
General rotavirus resources
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Progress in the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine — Latin America and the Caribbean, 2006–2010
- Introduction of rotavirus vaccines into national immunization programmes
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Country under-5 year old mortality rates and % of mortality due to diarrhoea
xls, 44kb - WHO position paper on rotavirus - December 2009 update
- WHO media release 5 June 2009: Global use of rotavirus vaccines recommended
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WHO position paper on rotavirus - August 2007 update
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PATH - A Briefing Paper on Rotavirus
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Executive Summary Regarding Rotavirus Vaccines for April 2009 SAGE Meeting
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Detailed Review Paper on Rotavirus Vaccines for April 2009 SAGE
pdf, 421kb - WHO Media Release 5 June 2009 - Global use of rotavirus vaccines recommended
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Cost effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines and other interventions for diarrhoeal diseases: Meeting report - WHO (2006) Weekly Epidemiological Record. 81(37)
pdf, 183kb - Guidelines for estimating the economic burden of diarrheal disease with focus on assessing the costs of rotavirus diarrhea - WHO (2002) [pdf 706kb]
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Guidelines to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of live attenuated rotavirus vaccines (oral) (2005)
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Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) recommendations - WHO (2006) Weekly Epidemiological Record. 81(1):8
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Safety of Rotarix® and RotaTeq® vaccines - WHO (2006).
This page also links to the NEJM articles for each vaccine - The Immunological Basis for Immunization. Module 21: Rotavirus
Position papers are also available in other languages by visiting the vaccine position papers page.
Resources on rotavirus surveillance
- Rotavirus Surveillance worldwide - Weekly Epidemiological Record - April 2011
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Global Rotavirus Information and Surveillance Bulletin, Volume 4, January-December 2010
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Global Rotavirus Information and Surveillance Bulletin, Volume 3, January-June 2010
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Global Rotavirus Information and Surveillance Bulletin, Volume 2, January-December 2009
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Global Rotavirus Information and Surveillance Bulletin, Volume 1, January-December 2008
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Manual of rotavirus detection and characterization methods - WHO 2009
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Generic protocol for monitoring impact of rotavirus vaccination on gastroenteritis disease burden and viral strains
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African rotavirus surveillance newsletter
pdf, 81kb - Post-marketing Surveillance of Rotavirus Vaccine Safety
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Safety of Rotavirus Vaccines: Postmarketing Surveillance in the WHO Region of the Americas
pdf, 370kb - Generic protocols for (i) hospital-based surveillance to estimate the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children and (ii) a community-based survey on utilization of health care services for gastroenteritis in children: field test version - English [pdf 1.4mb]
Links
- Rotavirus Disease Burden
- RotaADIP
- PAHO Rotavirus Page
- Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web site on rotavirus
- Rotavirus and severe childhood diarrhea (2006) Emerging Infectious Diseases. 12(2): 304-306
- Rotavirus vaccine investment case - PATH/GAVI [pdf]
- Key facts about rotavirus disease and vaccines - PATH (2006) [pdf]
- Rotavirus: Questions and answers - PATH (2006) [pdf]
- Introduction of rotavirus vaccine with support from the GAVI Alliance: Information to assist the national decision-making and application process - GAVI/PATH (2008) [pdf]
- Introduction of rotavirus vaccine with support from the GAVI Alliance: Information to assist the national decision-making and application process - GAVI/PATH (2008) - Russian