Difference between revisions of "Rotavirus"
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− | {{PSDS|Animals and humans|Fecal-oral and usually person-to-person but sometimes via contaminated water, food, or shellfish. Airborne respiratory transmission is possible| | | |A genus of double-stranded RNA virus in the family Reoviridae|Resistant to disinfection|[[Dose response models for Rotavirus]]}} | + | {{PSDS|Animals and humans|Fecal-oral and usually person-to-person but sometimes via contaminated water, food, or shellfish. Airborne respiratory transmission is possible (Wikipedia)|Rotavirus was estimated to be the cause of 37 deaths annually when data were extrapolated to the US population (Fischer et al, 2007). | Rotavirus was estimated to be the cause of ~60,000 hospitalizations annually when data were extrapolated to the US population (Fischer et al, 2007). |1-3 days (CDC) |A genus of double-stranded RNA virus in the family Reoviridae|Resistant to disinfection|[[Dose response models for Rotavirus]]}} |
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+ | ===References=== | ||
+ | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotavirus | ||
+ | Thea Kølsen Fischer, Ce´ cile Viboud, Umesh Parashar, Mark Malek, Claudia Steiner, Roger Glass,and Lone Simonsen. (2007) Hospitalizations and Deaths from Diarrhea and Rotavirus among Children <5 Years of Age in the United States, 1993–2003. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 195:1117–25 [http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/195/8/1117.full.pdf+html Full Text] | ||
+ | http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/surv-manual/chpt13-rotavirus.pdf | ||
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Revision as of 20:06, 24 October 2011
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotavirus Thea Kølsen Fischer, Ce´ cile Viboud, Umesh Parashar, Mark Malek, Claudia Steiner, Roger Glass,and Lone Simonsen. (2007) Hospitalizations and Deaths from Diarrhea and Rotavirus among Children <5 Years of Age in the United States, 1993–2003. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 195:1117–25 Full Text http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/surv-manual/chpt13-rotavirus.pdf