Guidance

Rotavirus: the green book, chapter 27b

Rotavirus immunisation information for public health professionals.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 30 April 2013
• Last updated: 28 August 2015
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  1. 28 August 2015

     Rotavirus chapter: section on premature infants edited to remove paragraph that is not relevant.

  2. 4 November 2013

     Added patch for November 2013 publication.

  3. 30 April 2013

     First published.

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Rotavirus: the green book, chapter 27b

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Update patch to chapter 27b: 28 August 2015

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Details

Rotaviruses are ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses that are contained within a protein capsule. Rotavirus strains are classified based on the outer layer proteins VP7 (G type) and VP4 (P type).