Stability of heat stable, live attenuated Rotavirus vaccine (ROTASIIL®). Naik, S. P., Zade, J. K., Sabale, R. N., Pisal, S. S., Menon, R., Bankar, S. G., Gairola, S., & Dhere, R. M. Vaccine, April, 2017.
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Vaccines currently available across the globe are stored and transported in a continuous cold-chain at 2-8°C or below -20°C. A temperature excursion outside this range affects the potency of the vaccines. Such vaccines need to be discarded leading wastage. The Rotavirus disease burden is predominantly reported in developing and low-income countries and therefore, has entered or poised to enter their national immunization programs. These countries already have several limitations for effective storage, maintenance and distribution of vaccines in a cold-chain and this introduction is expected to further stress this fragile ecosystem. To help mitigate the cold chain related issues, SIIPL has developed a thermostable rotavirus vaccine ROTASIIL® which can be stored at a temperature below 25°C for 36months, completely by-passing the standard 2-8°C cold storages. In addition it has the capability to withstand temperatures of 37°C and 40°C for 18months and short term exposure to 55°C. It can also tolerate a temperature shock of being thawed from an extreme cold temperature of -20°C to a high temperature of 42°C. The vaccine contains serotypes G1, G2, G3, G4 and G9 (UK-Bovine reassortant strains procured from National Institute of Health-USA). The vaccine is recently licensed in India.
@article{naik_stability_2017,
	title = {Stability of heat stable, live attenuated {Rotavirus} vaccine ({ROTASIIL}®)},
	issn = {1873-2518},
	doi = {10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.04.025},
	abstract = {Vaccines currently available across the globe are stored and transported in a continuous cold-chain at 2-8°C or below -20°C. A temperature excursion outside this range affects the potency of the vaccines. Such vaccines need to be discarded leading wastage. The Rotavirus disease burden is predominantly reported in developing and low-income countries and therefore, has entered or poised to enter their national immunization programs. These countries already have several limitations for effective storage, maintenance and distribution of vaccines in a cold-chain and this introduction is expected to further stress this fragile ecosystem. To help mitigate the cold chain related issues, SIIPL has developed a thermostable rotavirus vaccine ROTASIIL® which can be stored at a temperature below 25°C for 36months, completely by-passing the standard 2-8°C cold storages. In addition it has the capability to withstand temperatures of 37°C and 40°C for 18months and short term exposure to 55°C. It can also tolerate a temperature shock of being thawed from an extreme cold temperature of -20°C to a high temperature of 42°C. The vaccine contains serotypes G1, G2, G3, G4 and G9 (UK-Bovine reassortant strains procured from National Institute of Health-USA). The vaccine is recently licensed in India.},
	language = {eng},
	journal = {Vaccine},
	author = {Naik, Sameer P. and Zade, Jagdish K. and Sabale, Rajendra N. and Pisal, Sambhaji S. and Menon, Ravi and Bankar, Subhash G. and Gairola, Sunil and Dhere, Rajeev M.},
	month = apr,
	year = {2017},
	pmid = {28434688},
}

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