Rotavirus (6 mar 1943 ano – 27 maio 2018 ano)

Descrição:

-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

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