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" (12 found)
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Noun(3 words)
attenuated vaccinedsrna virusgastroenteritis rotavirus
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Noun(6 words)
rotaviral agentrotaviral infectionrotavirus gastroenteritisrotavirus genusrotavirus illnessrotavirus vaccine
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13 entriesRotavirus ARotavirus BRotavirus CRotavirus Ddiarrheal illnessgastroenteritislive attenuated vaccineoral vaccinepediatric gastroenteritisrecombinant vaccinerotaviral diseaserotaviral infectionrotavirus gastroenteritis
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8 entriesRotavirus Afecal-oral transmissionrotaviral antigenrotaviral genomerotavirus gastroenteritisrotavirus infectionrotavirus strainrotavirus vaccine
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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.
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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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