Active Ingredient: Rota virus
Rotavirus vaccine is indicated for the active immunisation of infants aged 6 to 24 weeks for prevention of gastroenteritis due to rotavirus infection.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
For:
Oral, 1 milliliters rota virus, once every 4 to 18 weeks, 2 doses in total.
The vaccination course consists of two doses. The first dose may be administered from the age of 6 weeks. There should be an interval of at least 4 weeks between doses. The vaccination course should preferably be given before 16 weeks of age, but must be completed by the age of 24 weeks.
Rotavirus vaccine may be given with the same posology to preterm infants born after at least 27 weeks of gestational age.
In clinical trials, spitting or regurgitation of the vaccine has rarely been observed and, under such circumstances, a replacement dose was not given. However, in the unlikely event that an infant spits out or regurgitates most of the vaccine dose, a single replacement dose may be given at the same vaccination visit.
It is recommended that infants who receive a first dose of rotavirus vaccine complete the 2-dose regimen. There are no data on safety, immunogenicity or efficacy when a specific rotavirus vaccine is administered for the first dose and another rotavirus vaccine is administered for the second dose.
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