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The battle against rotavirus gets an additional armament.

Posted by nishith on Sat, 21 Jun 2014

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Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of severe dehydrating gastroenteritis. The mortality rate due to rotavirus is very high and contributes a significant chunk to the infant mortality in the developing country like India. A vaccine, which could prevent the disease itself, will provide enormous benefit to the society. Human-bovine rotavirus vaccineIn a recent study published in Lancet, Nita Bhandari et al. published the findings of the phase 3 study of monovalent human-bovine (116E) rotavi... Read More

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