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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2021

Fourteen years' clinical experience and the first million babies protected with human live-attenuated vaccine against rotavirus disease in Italy.

Paolo Bonanni, Giorgio Conforti, Elisabetta Franco, Giovanni Gabutti, Federico Marchetti, Antonella Mattei, Rosa Prato, Giovanni Vitali Rosati, Francesco Vitale

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A review of childhood rotavirus vaccination policies and a presentation of vaccine coverage trends at national and regional level, Italy, 2016 to 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Paolo BonanniDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2875-3744
Giorgio ConfortiItalian Federation of Primary Care Pediatricians (FIMP), Genoa, Italy.
Elisabetta FrancoDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1179-4411
Giovanni GabuttiDepartment of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7259-4923
Federico MarchettiGSK, Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6435-8990
Antonella MatteiDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6420-8116
Rosa PratoDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia; Department of Hygiene, Policlinico Riuniti University Hospital of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8138-5835
Giovanni Vitali RosatiFamily Pediatrician (FIMP Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri), Greve in Chianti, FI, Italy.
Francesco VitaleDepartment of Health Promotion, Maternal-Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6354-8060
GlaxoSmithKline (Italy) · ITItalian Society of Physiotherapy · ITUniversity of Ferrara · ITUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITUniversity of L'Aquila · ITUniversity of Palermo · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rotavirus (RV) causes up to half of hospital and community acute gastroenteritis (AGE) cases in young children in Italy. Two RV vaccines, available since 2006, are human RV (HRV) and human bovine RV (HBRV). This report looks back at the implementation of RV vaccination with HRV in Italy, and at HRV current and future perspectives. Initial regional policies led to national implementation by 2018, after scientific societies' disease awareness efforts. Following vaccination, RV hospitalizations declined significantly, and cost savings were observed. The two-dose HRV vaccine is easily administered during compulsory vaccine visits, helping increase coverage. Intussusception, a serious event in children <1 year, was reported in Italy with a rate of 33-40 per 100,000 infants. RV vaccination presents a low increased risk of intussusception after the first dose, estimated at 0.6 cases per 100,000 doses in Italy in 2019. Parents should be aware of the intussusception risk and symptoms to ensure prompt treatment. It is widely recognized that the vaccination benefits (large numbers of RV hospitalizations prevented) outweigh the risk. HRV introduction in Italy was supported by epidemiologic burden studies, healthcare provider opinions, and congress debates, which significantly contributed to implementation of RV universal routine infant vaccination in Italy.

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RotavirusRotavirus InfectionsRotavirus VaccinesAnimalsCattleChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantItalyVaccinationVaccines, AttenuatedRotavirus VaccinesVaccines, AttenuatedepidemiologyimpactItalyRotavirussafetyvaccination

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PMID34370615
PMCPMC8828124
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