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The Rotavirus vaccine protects against severe diarrhoea from rotavirus in infants. Common side effects are mild: mild fussiness or diarrhoea; very rarely intussusception (bowel blockage) in the week after.
Severe diarrhoea from rotavirus in infants.
Mild fussiness or diarrhoea; very rarely intussusception (bowel blockage) in the week after.
Babies with a history of intussusception or severe immune deficiency.
National immunization schedule
What does the rotavirus vaccine prevent?
Severe diarrhoea from rotavirus in infants.
What are the side effects of the rotavirus vaccine?
Mild fussiness or diarrhoea; very rarely intussusception (bowel blockage) in the week after.
Who should not get the rotavirus vaccine?
Babies with a history of intussusception or severe immune deficiency.
When is the rotavirus vaccine given in Nepal?
See the national immunization schedule record for your country.
SI summary (own words); CDC Vaccine Information Statements as reference