rotavirus

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rotavirus englannista suomeksi

Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus (taxfmt), that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
(quote-journal), Bryden, A. S., Davies, H., Woode, G. N., Bridger, J. C., Derrick, J. M.| title=Relation between viruses from acute gastroenteritis of children and newborn calves| journal=The Lancet| volume=304| issue=7872| doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(74)91631-6| page=63| passage=We propose therefore that these reovirus-like or orbivirus-like enteritis viruses of calves and children are in a group separate from both orbiviruses and reoviruses, and we suggest that the term “rotavirus” (from the Latin rota, a wheel) should be used for them.|brackets=on
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