Rotavirus - VEC Vaccine Notes | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Описание: Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about rotavirus and the vaccines that protect against it. She also addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccines.

Watch the episode to find out:
• Why rotavirus vaccine is a good example of the robust nature of the vaccine safety monitoring systems in the U.S.
• The symptoms of rotavirus, which are often more recognizable to parents than the name of this virus
• The effects of rotavirus on babies in the U.S. each year before a vaccine was available
• The similarities and differences between the two rotavirus vaccines used in the U.S.
• Which version uses vaccine strains developed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• What we now understand about the intestinal blockage, called intussusception, that caused the first rotavirus vaccine to be removed from use in the U.S.
• And why that vaccine is still used in some other countries
• Why the rotavirus vaccine is given during a very specific period of infancy

00:00 Introduction
00:18 How the rotavirus vaccine put the vaccine safety system to the test
04:49 Rotavirus disease and symptoms
05:47 Rotavirus infection rates and outcomes before vaccines
06:29 Comparison of the rotavirus vaccines available in the US
13:24 Some common questions
17:20 Risks & benefits of disease and vaccines

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Video created by and for the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (VEC at CHOP) is composed of scientists, physicians, mothers, and fathers devoted to the study and prevention of infectious diseases. The Center was launched in October 2000 to provide accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.

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