Rotavirus (6 mars 1943 – 27 mai 2018)
Description:
-Virus-Most common cause of diarrheal disease among infants and young children
-Transmitted through the fecal-oral route
-Discovered in 1973 by Ruth Bishop
-Accounts for 1/3 of hospitalizations in children
-215000 deaths worldwide (who.int)
-Oral rehydration therapy or vaccines and treatment options (mayoclinic.org)
-1943 Jacob Light proved that a filterable agent in the feces that caused thee disease
-Also found in brackish water
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
6 mars 1943
27 mai 2018
~ 75 years
