Evaluation of RIX4414, A Live, Attenuated Rotavirus Vaccine, in a Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Phase 2 Trial Involving 2464 Singaporean Infants
Author(s) -
Kong Boo Phua,
Seng Hock Quak,
Bee Wah Lee,
Shanta Emmanuel,
P. Goh,
Htay Htay Han,
Béatrice De Vos,
Hans L. Bock
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/431511
Subject(s) - reactogenicity , medicine , seroconversion , rotavirus vaccine , immunogenicity , placebo , rotavirus , vaccination , virology , diarrhea , pediatrics , immunology , virus , antibody , alternative medicine , pathology
At present, no rotavirus vaccine is commercially available for use worldwide. Hence, a live, attenuated monovalent vaccine was developed with human strain RIX4414 (G1P1A P[8] specificity). Vaccination trials involving infants are ongoing in developed and developing countries.
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