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Reference Materials

Rotavirus infection is a viral infection of the digestive tract. It is the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children. (by Linda M Stannard, 1995)

Rotavirus is easily spread by hand-to-mouth contact with stool from an infected person. Most children with rotavirus diarrhea recover on their own.

Some children become very ill with severe vomiting, diarrhea, and life-threatening loss of fluids that requires hospitalization.

Parashar, UD, Hummelmann EG, Bresee, JS, Miller, MA, Glass, RI. . Vol. 9, No. 5, May 2003 (GO)

Safety and Efficacy of an Attenuated Vaccine against Severe Rotavirus Gastroenteritis, New England Journal of Medicine 2006; 354:11-22 (GO)