The ORVAC trial protocol: a phase IV, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial of a third scheduled dose of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine in Australian Indigenous infants to improve protection against gastroenteritis

Introduction Rotavirus vaccines were introduced into the Australian National Immunisation Program in 2007. Despite this, Northern Territory Indigenous children continue to be hospitalised with rotavirus at a rate more than 20 times higher than non-Indigenous children in other Australian jurisdiction...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Carapetis, Tom Snelling, Mark A Jones, Julie A Marsh, Bianca Fleur Middleton, Claire S Waddington, Margaret Danchin, Carly McCallum, Sarah Gallagher, Ross Andrews, Carl Kirkwood, Nigel Cunliffe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e032549.full