Investigating barriers to the protective efficacy provided by rotavirus vaccines in African infants

Julie E Bines

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003721

Investigating barriers to the protective efficacy provided by rotavirus vaccines in African infants

PLoS Med. 2021 Aug 10;18(8):e1003721. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003721. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Author

Julie E Bines^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Enteric Diseases Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

Julie Bines discusses an accompanying study by Sheila Isanaka and colleagues on nutrient supplementation and immune responses to rotavirus vaccination.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Africa
Dietary Supplements*
Female
Humans
Immunogenicity, Vaccine*
Infant
Male
Pregnancy
Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Rotavirus / immunology*
Rotavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Rotavirus Vaccines / administration & dosage
Rotavirus Vaccines / immunology*

Substances

Rotavirus Vaccines

Grants and funding

The author received no funding for this work. MCRI is funded by an Infrastructure Grant from the Victorian Government. The funder had no role in this preparation of this manuscript or the decision to publish.