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By Mayo Clinic staffRotavirus infections are most common in children ages 4 months to 24 months — particularly those who spend time in child care settings. Older adults and adults caring for young children have an increased risk of infection as well.
Your risk of rotavirus is highest in winter and spring.
References
- About rotavirus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/rotavirus/about_rotavirus.htm. Accessed July 8, 2010.
- Dormitzer PR. Rotaviruses. In: Mandell GL, et al. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 76th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2009. http://www.mdconsult.com/book/player/book.do?method=display&type=bookPage&decorator=header&eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-443-06839-3..00150-8--s0025&uniq=208765716&isbn=978-0-443-06839-3&sid=1022307630#lpState=open&lpTab=contentsTab&content=4-u1.0-B978-0-443-06839-3..00150-8%3Bfrom%3Dtoc%3Btype%3DbookPage%3Bisbn%3D978-0-443-06839-3. Accessed July 8, 2010.
- Update on recommendations for the use of rotavirus vaccines. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm212140.htm. Accessed July 8, 2010.
- Matson DO. Rotavirus vaccines. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed July 8, 2010.
- Prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2009;58:1. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr5802.pdf. Accessed July 8, 2010.
- Diarrhea. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/diarrhea/#children. Accessed July 8, 2010.
- What to do in a medical emergency: Fever. American College of Emergency Physicians. http://www.emergencycareforyou.org/EmergencyManual/WhatToDoInMedicalEmergency/Default.aspx?id=242&terms=fever. Accessed July 20, 2010.
- Steckelberg JM (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. July 19, 2010.
- Hoecker JL (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. July 26, 2010.
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