Review of global rotavirus strain prevalence data from six years post vaccine licensure surveillance: is there evidence of strain selection from vaccine pressure?

R Dóró, B László, V Martella, E Leshem… - Infection, genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Comprehensive reviews of pre licensure rotavirus strain prevalence data indicated the
global importance of six rotavirus genotypes, G1P [8], G2P [4], G3P [8], G4P [8], G9P [8] and …

Rotavirus disease and vaccination: impact on genotype diversity

J Matthijnssens, J Bilcke, M Ciarlet, V Martella… - Future …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Temporal and spatial fluctuations in the genotype distribution of human rotaviruses are
continuously observed in surveillance studies. New genotypes, such as G9 and G12, have …

Evolution of virulence in emerging epidemics

TW Berngruber, R Froissart, M Choisy… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Theory predicts that selection for pathogen virulence and horizontal transmission is highest
at the onset of an epidemic but decreases thereafter, as the epidemic depletes the pool of …

Rotavirus incidence and genotype distribution before and after national rotavirus vaccine introduction in Belgium

M Zeller, M Rahman, E Heylen, S De Coster, S De Vos… - Vaccine, 2010 - Elsevier
Rotarix™ was introduced into the Belgian market in 2006 and RotaTeq™ in 2007, quickly
reaching more than 85% vaccine coverage of all newborns in Belgium. The incidence of …

Genetic analyses reveal differences in the VP7 and VP4 antigenic epitopes between human rotaviruses circulating in Belgium and rotaviruses in Rotarix and RotaTeq

M Zeller, JT Patton, E Heylen, S De Coster… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Two live-attenuated rotavirus group A (RVA) vaccines, Rotarix (G1P [8]) and RotaTeq (G1-
G4, P [8]), have been successfully introduced in many countries worldwide, including …

Demographic variability, vaccination, and the spatiotemporal dynamics of rotavirus epidemics

VE Pitzer, C Viboud, L Simonsen, C Steiner… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Historically, annual rotavirus activity in the United States has started in the southwest in late
fall and ended in the northeast 3 months later; this trend has diminished in recent years …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and biological characterization of the 5 human-bovine rotavirus (WC3)-based reassortant strains of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq®

J Matthijnssens, DB Joelsson, DJ Warakomski, T Zhou… - Virology, 2010 - Elsevier
RotaTeq® is a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine that contains five human-bovine reassortant
strains (designated G1, G2, G3, G4, and P1) on the backbone of the naturally attenuated …

Unraveling the role of the secretor antigen in human rotavirus attachment to histo-blood group antigens

R Gozalbo-Rovira, JR Ciges-Tomas… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Rotavirus is the leading agent causing acute gastroenteritis in young children, with the P [8]
genotype accounting for more than 80% of infections in humans. The molecular bases for …

Modeling rotavirus strain dynamics in developed countries to understand the potential impact of vaccination on genotype distributions

VE Pitzer, MM Patel, BA Lopman… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding how immunity shapes the dynamics of multistrain pathogens is essential in
determining the selective pressures imposed by vaccines. There is currently much interest in …

Group A rotavirus genotypes and the ongoing Brazilian experience: a review

JPG Leite, FA Carvalho-Costa… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
Brazil was the first Latin American country to introduce universal group A rotavirus (RV-A)
vaccination in March 2006, resulting in a unique epidemiological scenario. Since RV-A first …