Several years ago, a rotavirus vaccine was taken off the market because it increased a baby's risk of developing a rare, but potentially deadly, intestinal blockage.
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Rotavirus
//ˈɹəʊtəˌvaɪɹəs//
Synonyms for "rotavirus" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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14 translations across 14 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 輪狀病毒 /轮状病毒 noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Dutch
1 entries- rotavirus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Finnish
1 entries- rotavirus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
French
1 entries- rotavirus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
German
1 entries- Rotavirus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Hungarian
1 entries- rotavírus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Japanese
1 entries- ロタウイルス noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Korean
1 entries- 로타바이러스 noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Latin
1 entries- rotavīrus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Māori
1 entries- huaketo puku noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Polish
1 entries- rotawirus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Portuguese
1 entries- rotavírus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Russian
1 entries- ротави́рус noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
Spanish
1 entries- rotavirus noun (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)
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With UNICEF support, he is leading a campaign to distribute pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines, which Levine says can protect children throughout the developing world against pneumonia and diarrhoea.
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Baron said clinicians in countries where rotavirus is a serious health threat are waiting for the green light from the World Health Organization to begin immunizing children with the new vaccine.
Source: tatoeba (12252573)
We propose therefore that these reovirus-like or orbivirus-like enteritis viruses of calves and children are in a group separate from both orbiviruses and reoviruses, and we suggest that the term “rotavirus” (from the Latin rota, a wheel) should be used for them.
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