References and Resources

Vaccine Safety

• Rotavirus Vaccine Safety
• Update on Rotavirus Vaccine, FDA
• Package Insert and Patient Information: Rotarix® and RotaTeq®
• Addressing Common Vaccine Safety Concerns
• Rotavirus Vaccine - Questions & Answers
• Report a Suspected Vaccine Reaction
• Questions & Answers about Intussusception and Rotavirus Vaccine
• Historic information about RotaShield® and Intussusception

Materials for Patients

• Rotavirus Disease Website
• Rotavirus fact sheets for parents
  • In English
  • En Español
• CDC Feature: Protect Your Child against Severe Rotavirus
  • Rotavirus: I Just Wish We Had Known (a mother's true story) [2 pages]
• Rotavirus Vaccination: What Everyone Should Know
• Rotavirus Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)

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Clinical Information on Disease

• Rotavirus Clinical Information
• Rotavirus Textbooks and Publications
• Rotavirus Chapter, The Pink Book: Course Textbook (13^th Edition, 2015) [14 pages]
• Rotavirus Chapter, Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (5th Edition, 2011)
• Rotavirus Infections, WHO

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Published Recommendations and Resources

• MMWR, October 21, 2011, Vol 60, #41
  Addition of History of Intussusception as a Contraindication for Rotavirus Vaccination
  Print version [32 pages]
• MMWR, June 11, 2010, Vol 59, #22
  Addition of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency as a Contraindication for Administration of Rotavirus Vaccine
  Print version [1.38MB, 28 pages]
• MMWR, February 6, 2009, Vol 58, #RR-02
  Prevention of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Among Infants and Children Recommendations of the ACIP
  Print version [28 pages]
• ACIP - Vaccines for Children (VFC) Resolution
• Standing Orders for Administering Rotavirus Vaccines to Infants, Immunization Action Coalition

Other References and Resources

• Rotavirus in the U.S.
• Rotavirus Vaccine Access and Delivery, PATH
• Rotavirus Vaccine, Ask the Experts, Immunization Action Coalition

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