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RefNoEC/2019/23
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TitleKang, Gagandeep: certificate of election to the Royal Society
Date28 March 2019
DescriptionCertificate endorsing election of Gagandeep Kang as a Fellow of the Royal Society, including personal details of the elected Fellow and citing the reasons for election and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton.
CitationProfessor Kang's key and comprehensive contributions to rotavirus research have significantly informed our understanding of disease and vaccine performance in children who live in challenging environmental conditions. She conducted the largest single birth cohort study on rotaviral infections in the world demonstrating that protection after natural infection is lower in India than in developed countries, which has important implications for control of disease by vaccination. Prior to this seminal paper in rotavirus epidemiology, it was believed that two prior infections with rotavirus provided complete protection against subsequent disease, forming the basis of rotavirus vaccine development. The data showed that in India, rotavirus infections occur early, reinfection is more common than previously believed, and the rate of protection against severe diarrhoea and diarrhoea of any severity was low, predicting that the rotavirus vaccines would not work as well as in industrialized countries. A modelling study using these data estimated 50% vaccine efficacy in poor environmental condition and in fact, this level of efficacy has subsequently been reported in studies from Asia and Africa.
Extent4p
FormatComputer printout
PhysicalDescriptionA4 papers
AccessStatusClosed
AccessConditionsElection certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed.
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