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A 38-year-old member asked:
What is the common name for rotavirus?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Rotovirus: That is the common name. It is responsible for most of the infantile diarrhea hospitalizations in season and many deaths around the world.
141 viewsReviewed Sep 13, 2019
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
Rotavirus: Rotavirus is a reoviridae. Although there isn't a common name for Rotavirus, it does cause stomach flu, aka gastroenteritis.
5 viewsReviewed Feb 08, 2021
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