New Rotavirus vaccine joins routine infant immunization schedule
The federal agency that oversees childhood vaccinations today recommended a new vaccine for routine use against rotavirus infection, a common childhood illness that is the single largest infectious disease killer of infants and young children worldwide. Three scientists associated with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The Wistar Institute are co-inventors of the vaccine, based on resea...Rotavirus can spread beyond the intestine
A new study in PLoS Medicine has shown that children who have rotavirus, a very common cause of diarrhea in children, and who have antigens (protein fragments from the surface of the virus) in their blood, also have infectious virus in their blood. Margaret Conner and colleagues from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, tested samples obtained from hospitalized children with gastroenteritis...New Vaccines To Combat Rotavirus
Rotavirus which causes severe diarrhea can be combated with two new vaccines, according to clinical trials. The New England Journal of Medicine has published this report.// The symptoms can be reduced by as much as by between 85% to 100%. The affliction affects children in large numbers. Experts say the unqualified success of two drugs in these larger trials, without negative side ef...Diarrhea Vaccine Trials Promises Prevention of Rotavirus Infection
Vaccine trials conducted on Rotateq and Rotarix in more than 1, 30, 000 children offer promise in the prevention of childhood diarrhea. The vaccines have been found to be 98% and 85% effective respectively. // The dreadful disease accounts for 1/3rd of all hospital infections worldwide. A vaccine had been developed for the disease during the 1990’s. This however, was withdrawn from th...Child Diarrhoea Due To Rotavirus:Quick Relief By Short Course Drug
Severe diarrhoea in children caused by rotavirus, which proves fatal for at least a million each year, can be relieved by a short course of a drug// , researchers said yesterday. Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhoea in children, and can spread through water, food or on contact with contaminated surfaces. The affected children belong mainly to the underd...Nitazoxanide, potent drug to plug the purge caused by rotavirus
Nitazoxanide holds immense promise for kids infected with Rotavirus that triggers severe diarrhea, now infamous for causing half a million deaths// amongst youngsters from the deprived countries. Now, this drug has also received the approval from the FDA for its use in combating gastrointestinal infections in children. A team of Researchers at the Romark Institute for Medical Research...Rotavirus Vaccine – NT Shows the Wa
AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today welcomed the Northern Territory Government’s decision to fund rotavirus vaccinations for all babies, and encouraged other jurisdictions to follow suit and help// protect vulnerable children against the deadly disease. The NT’s decision came after the Federal Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) concluded that it would...IDEIA Rotavirus Microplate Assay
Description:A direct enzyme immunoassay for detection of gr. A rotavirus in fecal specimens....RIDASCREEN Anti-Rotavirus Antigen Assay
Description:Anti-Rotavirus Antigen Assay (ELISA)....Virogen® Rotatest® Rotavirus Test
Description:Latex agglutination slide test for the qualitative detection of Rotavirus from fecal specimens....