Rotavirus

Rotavirus particles

Rotavirus causes severe diarrhea in babies!

Rotavirus infec­tions cause severe diar­rhea in babies. It is a major cause of death among young chil­dren in poor coun­tries. It is a major cause of hos­pi­tal­iza­tion in wealthy coun­tries, such as the Unit­ed States. Here’s a video about a fam­i­ly whose two unvac­ci­nat­ed chil­dren had to be hos­pi­tal­ized because of rotavirus infec­tion.

The intro­duc­tion of the rotavirus vac­cine has <decreased the num­ber of babies who have to be hos­pi­tal­ized because of severe diar­rhea.Pho­to by AJC1