Rotavirus affects infants, toddlers, and children more often and severely than adults. It also causes vomiting and diarrhea. Rotavirus is one of the main causes of gastroenteritis, which people often ...

Rotavirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration. Due to an infant’s small body mass, ...

Rotavirus is a major cause of diarrhea and vomiting, especially in children, that results in approximately 128,000 deaths annually. The virus triggers the disease by infecting enterocyte cells in the ...

Since the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine, infant deaths have decreased significantly worldwide, especially in the United States. But the virus is still a leading cause of death from diarrhea ...

Rotavirus is a highly contagious infection most common in children under 5. Adults can also develop it, but it’s usually less severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, makes people sick ...

Rotavirus, a highly infectious double-stranded RNA virus of the family Reoviridae, is the main etiological agent of severe dehydrating diarrhea in infants worldwide. In adults, symptomatic rotavirus ...

Rotavirus gastroenteritis is the leading cause of diarrhea-associated hospitalization and death in children younger than 5 years of age, 1 with more than 85% of the approximately 200,000 annual ...

In 2006, the results of pivotal clinical trials of two new rotavirus vaccines — RotaTeq (Merck) and Rotarix (GlaxoSmithKline) — were published, and high efficacy (85 to 98%) against severe rotavirus ...

Rotavirus may not be on the hot list of viruses dominating headlines, but globally, it still tops the charts as the leading cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea in children younger than 5 years, ...

If you thought that vaccination for rotavirus is just a fad and not a necessity, this article might make you think otherwise. Diarrhea among newborns and children below two years of age is very common ...

The rotavirus vaccine does not provide sterilizing immunity or lifetime immunity, unlike the measles vaccine and several other childhood immunizations. However, by preventing primary infections in ...