June 2025. Volume 21. Number 2

There is no reason not to vaccinate against rotavirus in neonatal intensive care units

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Zalot MA, Cortese MM, O’Callaghan KP, Casey-Moore MC, l’Etoile N, Smart SL, et al. Risk of Transmission of Vaccine-Strain Rotavirus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit That Routinely Vaccinates. Pediatrics. 2024;155:e2024067621.

Reviewers: Carvajal Encina F1, Pérez Solís D2.
1Unidad del Paciente Crítico Neonatal. Hospital La Serena. Universidad Católica del Norte. Coquimbo. Chile.
2Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes. Gijón. Asturias. España.
Correspondence: Fernando Carvajal Encina. Email: fcarvajale@gmail.com
Reception date: 21/04/2025
Acceptance date: 30/04/2025
Publication date: 14/05/2025

Abstract

Authors´ conclusions: horizontal transmission of vaccine-strain rotavirus was infrequent and without clinical consequences. Benefits of allowing vaccine-induced protection against rotavirus disease in infants through in-NICU rotavirus vaccination appear to have outweighed risks from vaccine-strain transmission.

Reviewers´ commentary: these findings suggest that the known benefits of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) administration in the NICU outweigh the low transmission risks of the vaccine strains, thus supporting its use in these units, provided that an adequate hand hygiene and equipment cleaning policy is ensured in the unit.

How to cite this article

Carvajal Encina F, Pérez Solís D. No hay motivo para no vacunar frente al rotavirus en unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatales. Evid Pediatr. 2025;21:17.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Zalot MA, Cortese MM, O’Callaghan KP, Casey-Moore MC, l’Etoile N, Smart SL, et al. Risk of Transmission of Vaccine-Strain Rotavirus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit That Routinely Vaccinates. Pediatrics. 2024;155:e2024067621.

Reviewers: Carvajal Encina F1, Pérez Solís D2.
1Unidad del Paciente Crítico Neonatal. Hospital La Serena. Universidad Católica del Norte. Coquimbo. Chile.
2Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes. Gijón. Asturias. España.
Correspondence: Fernando Carvajal Encina. Email: fcarvajale@gmail.com
Reception date: 21/04/2025
Acceptance date: 30/04/2025
Publication date: 14/05/2025

How to cite this article

Carvajal Encina F, Pérez Solís D. No hay motivo para no vacunar frente al rotavirus en unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatales. Evid Pediatr. 2025;21:17.

14/05/2025

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