History
True or False
Rotavirus was discovered in 1990
False
True or False?
Having a major headache is the first symptom?
False
What is the vector of rotavirus?
There's no vector!
True or false?
The Virus tends to peak in the winter and fall in temperate climates?
True
Mushroom
Fungi
A safety vaccine was available in 1998
True or false?
False, a safety vaccine was licensed in 2006
Is it true that you get 3-5 days of watery diarrhea?
Yes it is true
Is the disease transmitted from food to host?
YES
Non structural proteins Rotovirus
NSP1, NSP2, NSP3, NSP4, NSP5 и NSP6.
Chicken pox
virus
Who discovered rotavirus?
Ruth Bishop
What are some other symptoms?
Abdominal pain
Fever
Vomiting
How can the disease be transmitted?
Direct contact between people
through ingestion of contaminated water or food
contact with contaminated surfaces or objects
fecal-oral route
Structural proteins of Rotovirus
6 structural proteins (VP1, VP2, VP3, VP4 и VP6)
Haemophilus influenzae
bacteria
Morphology of Rotavirus
Reoviruses are medium-sized viruses with a double-stranded, segmented RNA genome. The family includes human rotaviruses, the most important cause of infantile gastroenteritis around the world.
genetic material of Norovirus
Caliciviruses are small viruses with a single-stranded RNA genome. The family contains noroviruses,
Laboratory Diagnosis of Norovirus
Laboratory Diagnosis
A PCR-based test on the stool is performed when a specific
diagnosis is required. However, the diagnosis is often a
clinical on
Laboratory Diagnosis Rotavirus
Laboratory Diagnosis
Although the diagnosis of most cases of viral gastroenteritis does not involve the laboratory, a diagnosis can be
made by detection of rotavirus in the stool by using
radioimmunoassay or enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA).
ebola
virus
What are the names of the two vaccines?
RotaTeq
Rotarix
How many serotypes of rotavirus which is pathogenic for human
There are at least six serotypes of human rotavirus.
The outer surface protein (also known as the viral hemagglutinin) is the type-specific antigen and elicits protective
antibody.
How is this disease treated?
There's no specific cure
Name of our department
Public health
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cryptosporidium
protozoa