... , who is also director of the Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center.
Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of diarrhea, resulting in approximately 3 million cases of diarrhea and 55,000 ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a marked reduction in incidence of rotavirus in the 2007-8 season compared with average seasons.
Researchers have identified unexpected diversity among rotavirus strains from children with gastroenteritis in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Panama.
A study provides evidence to support the idea that seasonal shift of rotavirus strains is a possible mechanism used by the virus to evade immunity.
... that helps the virus infect cells. The information may be useful in designing a new generation of rotavirus vaccines that could be easier to store and administer than current vaccines, said the ...
A Nicaraguan study has found that a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine is effective at reducing the risk of severe diarrhoea in children.
... February.
"Since infants often have diarrhea and can be very infectious when they get rotavirus, they are the ones who tend to drive the epidemics," said Pitzer, who is also associated with Fogarty ...
... for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. "This research not only explains the effects of the U.S. rotavirus vaccination program, but also lays the foundation for understanding the tremendous life- ...
... vaccines—to stop child diarrheal disease deaths."
Vaccines preventing rotavirus have been licensed in more than 100 countries, many of which are in the industrialized world, and their routine use is ...
... the scheduler are those required between birth and six years of age: Hepatitis B, Rotavirus, Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Pneumococcal, Inactivated Poliovirus, Measles/ ...
... . This contributes to a better understanding of other similar RNA genome viruses, such as rotavirus, which are also responsible for a large burden of disease in humans."
"The knowledge accumulated ...
... -producing pancreatic cells are selectively destroyed. Rotaviruses are the major causative agents of severe, dehydrating ... H. Kay, B.S. Coulson. 2008. Rotavirus infection accelerates type 1 diabetes ...
... a benchmark alcohol-based hand sanitizer, results showed higher levels of reduced infectivity of human rotavirus, adenovirus type 5, poliovirus type 1, and norovirus, as well as feline calicivirus ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A vaccine against rotavirus, the leading cause of diarrhea in infants, has led to a dramatic drop in hospitalization and emergency room visits since it came on the market two ...
... treatment." Professor von Itzstein said.
"This reveals that there is a common chink in the armour of these rotaviruses.
"This discovery is the first step in designing a broad-spectrum drug able to ...
