A Vaccine That Prevents Rotavirus Diarrhea
is trying to work out a plan to help lower the costs for developing countries.
This vaccine (RotaShield) should be available to people in the United States by the end of September 1998. Wyeth-Ayerstd is applying for permission to use the vaccine in other countries and it appears we have a hopeful first step in lowering the incidence of this deadly diarrhea in our children.
For more information on this virus and the vaccine:
- A CNN article "FDA Approves the World's First Vaccine Against Children's Diarrhea" (where I first found out about the FDA approval)
- Baron's Medical Microbiology textbook chapter on Rotaviruses
- News Release about the vaccine from Wyeth-Ayerstd
Take Care and Think Microbiologically!
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