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Guidance
Rotavirus: the green book, chapter 27b
- From:
- Public Health England
- Part of:
- Rotavirus: guidance, data and analysis, Immunisation against infectious disease, and Children's health
- Published:
- 30 April 2013
- Last updated:
- 28 August 2015, see all updates
Rotavirus immunisation information for public health professionals.
Documents
Rotavirus: the green book, chapter 27b
PDF, 269KB, 14 pages
Update patch to chapter 27b: 28 August 2015
PDF, 81.4KB, 3 pages
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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).
Document information
Published: 30 April 2013
Updated: 28 August 2015
- Rotavirus chapter: section on premature infants edited to remove paragraph that is not relevant.
- Added patch for November 2013 publication.
- First published.