| incorporation of a rotavirus vaccine into the national immunisation schedule in the united kingdom: a review. | rotavirus, the commonest cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide, imposes a large health and economic burden on the british society, accounting for an estimated 14,300 hospitalisations and 133,000 general practitioner consultations each year among children aged < 5 years in england and wales alone. following a tender process, an attenuated human rotavirus vaccine, rotarix (glaxosmithkline biologicals, belgium), was introduced into the uk childhood immunisati ... | 2013 | 24088009 |