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Monitoring the circulation of rotavirus among children after the introduction of the RotarixTM vaccine in Goiânia, Brazil
Borges, Ana Maria Tavares; Souza, Menira Dias e; Fiaccadori, Fabíola Souza; Cardoso, Divina das Dores de Paula.
Affiliation
  • Borges, Ana Maria Tavares; Universidade Federal de Goiás. Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública. Goiânia. BR
  • Souza, Menira Dias e; Universidade Federal de Goiás. Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública. Goiânia. BR
  • Fiaccadori, Fabíola Souza; Universidade Federal de Goiás. Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública. Goiânia. BR
  • Cardoso, Divina das Dores de Paula; Universidade Federal de Goiás. Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública. Goiânia. BR
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 106(4): 499-501, June 2011. tab
Article in En | LILACS | ID: lil-592194
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ABSTRACT
The epidemiological features of rotavirus A (RVA) infection differ between children from developing and developed countries which could result in differences in vaccine efficacy around the world. To evaluate the impact of RotarixTM on RVA prevalence, we monitored RVA genotypes circulating in Goiânia by monitoring virus in faecal samples from children that had or had not been previously vaccinated. From February-November of 2008, 220 faecal samples were collected from children in seven day-care centres. RVA detection was performed by two methodologies and the results were confirmed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. From the 220 samples, eight were RVA-positive (3.6 percent) and five were from children that had received either one or two doses of the vaccine. All positive samples were collected from children with diarrhoea during August and September. Genotyping of the RVA characterised five of the viral samples as genotype G2P[4] and one as G8P[4], suggesting that G2P[4] was the predominant circulating genotype in Goiânia during the study. The fact that vaccinated children were also infected by RVA suggests that the vaccine does not fully protect against infection by the G2[P4] RVA genotype.
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Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: Rotavirus Infections / Rotavirus / Rotavirus Vaccines / Diarrhea Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: En Journal: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Journal subject: MEDICINA TROPICAL / PARASITOLOGIA Year: 2011 Type: Article

Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: Rotavirus Infections / Rotavirus / Rotavirus Vaccines / Diarrhea Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: En Journal: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Journal subject: MEDICINA TROPICAL / PARASITOLOGIA Year: 2011 Type: Article