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Aisleen Bennett, Institute of Infection and Global Health, The Ronald Ross Building, University of Liverpool, 8 West Derby Street, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK abennett@sgul.ac.uk
The authors thank all infants and their families who participated, all members of the Rotavirus Response to Immunisation and Transmission Epidemiology (RotaRITE) study team, the Malawi Ministry of Health, and clinical staff at the recruitment sites. Aspects of this work have been presented at the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) meeting, June 2018, Sweden.
K. C. J. is supported by an International Wellcome Trust Training Fellowship (grant number: 201945/Z/16/Z). N. B.-Z. and K. C. J. have received research grant support from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals for work on rotavirus vaccines. B. L. reports personal fees from Takeda Pharmaceuticals, personal fees from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation, and personal fees from Hall Booth Smith PC, all unrelated to rotavirus vaccines. M. I.-G. has received research grant support from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals and Sanofi Pasteur MSD for work on rotavirus; is affiliated with the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections at University of Liverpool, in partnership with Public Health England and in collaboration with the University of East Anglia, University of Oxford, and the Quadram Institute; and is based at The University of Liverpool. N. A. C. has received research grant support and honoraria for participation in rotavirus vaccine advisory board meetings from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals. V. E. P. is a member of the World Health Organization Immunization and Vaccine-Related Implementation Research Advisory Committee and has received reimbursement from Merck for travel expenses to attend a Scientific Input Engagement unrelated to rotavirus vaccines. All other authors report no potential conflicts.
This work was supported by Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellowships (grant numbers 102466/Z/13/A to A. B. and 102464/Z/13/A to L. P.); the Wellcome Trust Programme (grant number 091909/Z/10/Z); the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW) Programme Core Grant Strategic Award (grant number 101113/Z/13/Z); and the US National Institutes of Health (grant number R01-AI112970 to V. E. P.).
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