rotavirus enteritis

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Epidemiology

  • most common cause of severe diarrhea among infants & young children
  • by the age of 5, nearly every child in the world has been infected with rotavirus at least once
  • immunity develops with infection & subsequent infections, if symptomatic, are less severe
  • adults are rarely affected
  • December through May in US, year round in developing countries
  • begins in Southwest, spreads to Northeast

Clinical manifestations

Laboratory

Complications

Management

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