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- Title
Rotavirus Vaccine Schedules and Vaccine Response Among Infants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
- Authors
Gruber, Joann F.; Gruber, Lucinda M.; Weber, Rachel Palmieri; Becker-Dreps, Sylvia; Funk, Michele Jonsson
- Abstract
Background. Rotavirus vaccine schedules may impact vaccine response among children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Our objective was to review the literature evaluating the effects of monovalent (RV1) or pentavalent rotavirus vaccines schedules on vaccine response. Methods. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and ClinicalTrials.gov for eligible trials conducted in LMICs comparing ≥2 vaccine schedules and reporting immunologic response or efficacy. We calculated seroconversion proportion differences and geometric mean concentration (GMC) ratios with 95% confidence intervals. Results. We abstracted data from 8 eligible trials of RV1. The point estimates for seroconversion proportions difference ranged from -0.25 to -0.09 for the 6/10-week schedule compared with 10/14. The range for the 6/10/14-compared with 10/14-week schedule was -0.02 to 0.10. Patterns were similar for GMC ratios and efficacy estimates. Conclusions. The commonly used 6/10-week RV1 schedule in LMICs may not be optimal. Further research on the effect of rotavirus schedules using clinical endpoints is essential.
- Subjects
ROTAVIRUSES; VACCINATION; IMMUNOLOGY
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofx066