title: Protection against rotavirus disease after natural rotavirus infection. US Rotavirus Vaccine Efficacy Group.
abstract: Determination of protective efficacy after natural rotavirus infection is important as a basis for evaluating rotavirus vaccines. Therefore, placebo recipients in a large 2-year rotavirus vaccine trial conducted across the United States were followed to determine the protection afforded by natural rotavirus infection. Serotype 1 rotaviruses predominated (93% year 1, 66% year 2), but isolates of all four major human rotavirus serotypes circulated during both years. Of the 45 placebo recipients with documented rotavirus illnesses in year 1, 1 developed rotavirus disease in year 2 compared with 29 of the other 235 placebo recipients (P = .03). Serologic data were available for 171 placebo recipients, and 37 of 140 without rotavirus illnesses in year 1 had evidence of asymptomatic rotavirus infection. None of these 37 experienced rotavirus disease in year 2 compared with 22 of the remaining 103 (P < .001). Overall efficacy after natural rotavirus infection was 93% (95% confidence interval, 50%-99%).
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Virology, James N. Gamble Institute of Medical Research, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D012621:Seasons; D012703:Serotyping; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014765:Viral Vaccines
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014765:Viral Vaccines