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This past April, the World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization announced a global recommendation that rotavirus vaccines be included in national immunization programs. The basis for the decision is clear: more than 2 million children younger than 5 years of age are hospitalized each year because of rotavirus gastroenteritis, and more than half a million of them die. The introduction of rotavirus vaccines into national immunization programs in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Australia has already caused a significant decline in hospitalizations and emergency department visits for rotavirus disease.¹ The onset and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, the University of Melbourne, and the Royal Children's Hospital — all in Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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