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DUBAI -- Health authorities are pushing for a hospital-based surveillance system to report and record cases of Rotavirus, a viral infection in children that it costs hospitals up to $4.6 million a year. Passing recommendations based on 43 regional studie
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PETALING JAYA: The cause of over 3,000 cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and two related deaths in Perak over the last three weeks remains a mystery following tests ruling out the rotavirus as the culprit. Perak Health Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mah
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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates holda up a Rotavirus vaccine during a news conference at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) conference in London June 13, 2011. Britain and Gates pledged $2.3 billion at an international donor... View Photo »
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Rotavirus has been controlled by vaccinating with Rotavec Corona three weeks prior to calving because the only way calves get protection is via colostrum
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Dubai The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) recently held a workshop to discuss Rotavirus gastroenteritis and the introduction of a new vaccine in the national immunisation programme. The workshop was organised by the Public Health and Safety Department of th
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DUBAI: The national immunisation programme in Dubai may have an additional vaccine for the highly contagious Rotavirus that causes acute infantile gastroenteritis and diarrhoea in young children, said a top health official at Dubai Health Authority (DHA)
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Our focus now is on pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines because these haven’t been rolled out yet. These two are large killers of children. It’s a goal; in a place like India, we are working with the government and trying to help them introduce vaccines
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A prevalent rotavirus vaccine for infants does not increase the risk of a rare bowel complication, a national study involving the Marshfield Clinic has found. Rotavirus causes inflammation of the stomach and intestines and severe diarrhea, according to t
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Wood Co. Portage Co. 2006 2 doses 2 doses 2007 50 doses 40 doses 2008 85 doses 58 doses 2009 82 doses 45 doses 2010 68 doses 43 doses 2011 78 doses 27 doses *The data only include vaccinations by health departments, so aren't exhaustive countywide dosage
About 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. By the age of five, nearly every child in the world has been infected with rotavirus at least once. However, with each infection, immunity develops, subsequent infections are less severe, and... Full Article
