Inventors:
Mary K. Estes - Friendswood TX
Margaret E. Conner - Houston TX
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston TX
International Classification:
C12N 700
Abstract:
The invention relates to an improved rotavirus vaccine for man and animals and methods of using them. The invention comprises a method of immunizing humans, particularly children, and animals against rotavirus infections by parenteral immunization. The immunization may be carried out in a series of injections using live or inactivated vaccines, alone or in combination with each other or in combination with a rotavirus subunit vaccine or oral vaccine.