Rotavirus by Makenzy Varner https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4 Period 6 en-us 2018-12-10 01:38:13 UTC 2023-05-11 07:48:24 UTC hello@padlet.com What is it? mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312748736 *Rotavirus is the MOST COMMON cause of diarrhoel disease amoung infants and young children.
*Almost every child in the world is infected with the disease at least once by the age of five.]]> 2018-12-10 01:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312748736 Symptoms and Complications mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312748810 *fever and vomiting within the first two days of the virus, then 3-7 days of watery diarrhea. 
*the infection can cause complications such as abdominal pain, dehydration and in severe cases DEATH.

]]> 2018-12-10 01:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312748810 Vaccine info mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312748950 *the vaccine was introduced in 1998, but then recalled and finally perfected to be the MOST EFFECTIVE strain of the vaccine in 2006 by the FDA.
*Rotatrix (RV1) and RotaTeq (RV5) are the different brands of the vaccines.
*the vaccines are given orally in 3 doses between the ages of 0 days and 8 months; with no more than a four week gap between doses.
*prior to the introduction of the vaccine, there were more than 60 deaths per year in children under the age of five years.
*the vaccine is 90%-100% EFFECTIVE. The morality rate dropped by almost 30% by 2009.


 ]]> 2018-12-10 01:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312748950 Pathogen mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312749080 *The genus is a double-stranded RNA viruses in the family Reoviridae.  

]]> 2018-12-10 01:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312749080 Mode of transmission and Incubation period mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312753186 *MoD: fecal-oral contact or possibly contaminated surfaces.
*incubation lasts 2 days.]]> 2018-12-10 02:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312753186 mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312753677 2018-12-10 02:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312753677 mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312754085 2018-12-10 02:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312754085 Outbreaks mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312754745 *The United States is the MOST COMMON country for Rotavirus as of 2017.]]> 2018-12-10 02:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312754745 mvar0493 https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312755764 2018-12-10 02:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mvar0493/g3pau7ybqow4/wish/312755764