Oral rotavirus vaccine effectiveness among malnourished children in 19 countries: Findings from the MNSSTER‐V project
Our findings clearly show that chronic malnutrition negatively impacted rotavirus VE. Efforts to address and prevent malnutrition generally may further reduce the burden of rotavirus morbidity and mortality.
Authors
- Jazmina Umaña
- Eleanor Burnett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7541-6156)
- David A. Goldfarb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0835-9504)
- Inácio Mandomando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1078-2187)
- Michelle J. Groome (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5893-3725)
- Najibullah Safi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0042-7007)
- Fausta Michael (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-7420)
- Goitom Weldegebriel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-3484)
- Ismail Ticklay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5925-4692)
- John McCracken
- Jacqueline E. Tate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8114-6196)
- Christophe Luhata Lungayo
- Volga Iñiguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-1133)
- Annick Robinson
- Gayane Sahakyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1373-5319)
- Jason Mathiu Mwenda
- Multi‐national Subpopulations Study to Evaluate Rotavirus Vaccines (MNSSTER‐V) Project Working Group
- Gloria Rey‐Benito
- Umesh D. Parashar
- Annet Kisakye
- Kofi N'Zue
- Isidore Bonkoungou
- Jeannine Uwimana
- Nguyen Van Trang
- Christabel Enweronu‐Laryea
- Richard Omore
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (TZ)
- Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (BO)
- Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (BF)
- Ministry of Public Health (CD)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Zimbabwe (ZW)
- National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (US)
- Kabul University (AF)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- University of Kigali (RW)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas (US)
- Instituto de Medicina Tropical (PY)
- World Health Organization - Zimbabwe (ZW)
- National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology (VN)
- World Health Organization - Uganda (UG)
- Association Vahatra (MG)
- Société de Développement des Forêts (CI)
- Health Protection and Research Organisation (AF)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (RW)
- Ministerio de Salud (NI)
- Instituto Nacional de Saúde (MZ)
- World Health Organization - Afghanistan (AF)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (CG)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- Ministry of Health (ME)
- National Center for Infectious Diseases (US)
- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (GT)
- National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (AM)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Published
- 2026-01-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jpn3.70322
- Primary Topic
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- University of Pennsylvania
- Emory University
- McMaster University
- Wellcome Trust
- University of Rwanda
- South African Medical Research Council
- Inyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali
- University of Cape Town
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Medical Research Council
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney