Rotavirus Overview

Encyclopedia: Rotavirus

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Rotavirus is a genus of double-stranded RNA virus in the family Reoviridae. It is the leading cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children. Three decades later, preserved samples of the agent were shown to be rotavirus. In the intervening years, a virus in mice was shown to be related to the virus causing scours. In 1973, related viruses were described by Ruth Bishop in children with gastroenteritis, in...


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