Which vaccine is the first to be widely used to prevent rotavirus, a leading cause of severe infant diarrhea?
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Rotavirus vaccines are used to prevent severe diarrhea and dehydration in babies and young children. They were introduced in the mid-2000s and quickly became part of infant schedules in many countries.
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Rotavirus vaccines were among the first vaccines specifically designed to prevent severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Rotavirus is a major cause of hospitalization for dehydration before widespread vaccination. The current vaccines were introduced in the mid-2000s after earlier versions were withdrawn for safety reasons in the late 1990s. Today they have greatly reduced severe rotavirus disease where they are widely used.
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