Rotavirus infection is very contagious; it spreads when infants or children come into contact with an infected person’s body fluids or feces, or items. Most common age group is between 3 months to 35 months old. Infection is transmitted through stools to the mouth of another child called as fecaloral route of transmission. The virus can stand long on hands for hours. Find the Best Child specialist in Gurgaon - Dr. Ritambhara Lohan The introduction of rotavirus vaccine helped protecting children from virulent rotavirus which is the leading causing of severe diarrhea in infants and children. More than 6,00,000 young children die and approximately 2.4 million hospitalize annually from rotavirus disease. Because of the tremendous global burden of rotavirus, WHO has prioritized vaccine development and introduction to control this disease. History says : • Human rotavirus was first isolated by Ruth Bishop in 1973. • 1980, efforts were made to develop rotavirus vaccine •
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