More than 500,000 deaths are attributed to rotavirus gastroenteritis annually worldwide, with the highest mortality in India. Two successive, naturally occurring rotavirus infections have been shown ...

Rotavirus antigen was detected in the blood of 51 of 57 of children with rotavirus-positive stools, in 8 of 9 of children without diarrhea but with rotavirus-positive stools, in 2 of 17 children with ...

Objective: To assess the performance of stool culture and a rotavirus diagnostic test in children with acute diarrhea attending an emergency hospital in a developing country. Methods: Stool ...

Administering the RotaTeq (RV5; Merck) rotavirus vaccine to infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) appears to be safe, with no confirmed evidence of infection transmission to neighboring ...

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 ...

Rotavirus vaccines do not cause significant outbreaks of the disease in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), according to a new national study. The research will be presented at the Pediatric ...

Johanneburg - The current resurgence of the rotavirus may in part be due to a build-up of “susceptible” children or children vulnerable to infection. This is according to Nombuso Shabalala, ...