•Rotavirus infections are one of the most important causes of serious diarrheal diseases in children under 5 years of age, regardless of socioeconomic status, all over the world.
•Rotavirus causes approximately 440,000 deaths and 2.3 million hospitalizations in the world every year.
• Approximately 5-6% of deaths in children under the age of 5 are due to diarrhea caused by this virus. Most deaths are in children under 2 years of age. The most severe form is experienced in children between the ages of 3 months and 2 years.
• Rotavirus gastroenteritis can adversely affect growth.
• 10-20% of diarrhea cases occur worldwide. si is due to rotavirus.
• Rotaviruses are responsible for 50% of diarrhea requiring hospitalization in infants and children.
• Through contact. It can be easily transmitted through droplets, contaminated toys, and unclean drinking water.
• Rotavirus cannot be treated with existing antiviral drugs. For these reasons, effective and reliable vaccination is required to prevent diseases, hospitalization and deaths due to this virus in children. The World Health Organization also prioritizes rotavirus vaccine development and implementation studies for the same reasons.
• Rotavirus is a 70 nm non-enveloped, double-stranded RNA virus from the reoviridae family. Even very small amounts of virus (<100 virus particles) can cause infection. After the virus enters the body through the mouth, it cannot be neutralized by stomach acid and attaches to the small intestines, starting the disease process. Rotaviruses are excreted in the feces between a few days before the diarrhea begins and 10 days after the diarrhea begins.
• While rotavirus infections are seen in the cold winter months in temperate climate countries, they are seen all year round in tropical countries.
• In very young babies, breastfeeding may provide some protection against this infection.
• There are two methods licensed in our country. There are different rotavirus vaccines. One is administered as 2 doses in total, the other as 3 doses and is administered as oral drops.
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