rotavirus
Americannoun
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rotaviruses
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of rotavirus
1974; < Latin rota wheel + virus
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Six immunizations — for hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, flu and COVID-19 — are knocked down from “recommended” to “shared clinical decision-making.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The AAP recommends that all children receive vaccines for hepatitis A and B, Covid-19, influenza, rotavirus and meningococcal disease, which causes meningitis and other infections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
If rotavirus vaccination rates go down, that’s likely to change.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2026
It’s a similar story for other common childhood diseases such as rotavirus, RSV and influenza.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
But the mRNA vaccines are "remarkably safe" and key to helping prevent against severe infections from viruses like Covid, said Dr Offit, who invented the rotavirus vaccine.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
While cholera is caused by bacteria, water transmits viruses too, including hepatitis A and E viruses, rotaviruses, noroviruses and polioviruses.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2022
Other viruses detected in the study that can infect people include influenza B, Norwalk, human parainfluenza virus 2, rotaviruses, and orthoreoviruses.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 16, 2022
All the rotaviruses, gone, a great mercy to children in developing countries who die by the hundreds of thousands each year.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021
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