title: Does a monovalent inactivated human rotavirus vaccine induce heterotypic immunity? Evidence from animal studies.
abstract: There is substantial evidence for broad cross-reactive immunity and heterotypic protection among human rotavirus strains in children with natural infection or with monovalent Rotarix vaccination. In this commentary, we addressed this same topic by testing sera of guinea pigs and gnotobiotic piglets that were intramuscularly immunized with an inactivated human rotavirus vaccine and also demonstrated a broad cross-protective immunity among human rotavirus strains. Our findings from a single human strain in animal studies bode well for a low cost and efficacious inactivated vaccine to protect children against rotavirus disease throughout the world.
authors.affiliation: Division of Viral Diseases; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA USA.
authors.forename: Baoming
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yuhuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Roger I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Glass
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057134:Antibodies, Neutralizing / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D056738:Cross Protection; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022243:Rotavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D013552:Swine; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D057134:Antibodies, Neutralizing; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; C492457:RIX4414 vaccine; D022243:Rotavirus Vaccines; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated
keywords: CDC-9; IRV; heat inactivation; heterotypic protection; rotavirus