LP14844-2
Rotavirus
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Description
Rotaviruses cause significant gastrointestinal disease, primarily in children under 5 years old. Rotaviruses comprise a genus within the family Reoviridae with nine existing groups. Groups A, B and C (RVA, RVB and RVC) infect humans while all existing groups can infect animals. RV causes diarrhea by destroying the enterocytes in the small intestine. Recent studies confirm that rotavirus infection can also extend beyond the intestine. Examples of extraintestinal infection include the findings of the virus in the liver during autopsy, elevated liver enzymes during active infection and the demonstration of the virus replicating both in the liver and kidneys of a child suffering from immunodeficiency. PMID: 15367586
Rotaviruses (RVs) also cause severe diarrhea in animals. Research has revealed that pigs can suffer both single and mixed concurrent infections with more than one Rotavirus group. In one study, pigs that had been vaccinated against one strain of RVA were still part of a diarrhea outbreak later and found to have both single and mixed infections that included RVB, RVC and RVH as well as RVA strains that were not part of the vaccine. This suggests that diagnostic testing for multiple RV groups should be included when testing a swine herd for enteric diseases even after they have been vaccinated against a single strain.
PMID: 27599939
Source: Regenstrief LOINC
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Rotavirus
- Part Display Name
- Rotavirus
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- RV
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 轮状病毒 Synonyms: ROTAV; |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Rotavirus |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Rotaviirus |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Rotavirus |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Rotavirus |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Rotavirus |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Ротавирус |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | Rotavirus |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Rotavirus |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Rotavirus |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Rotawirus |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Ροταϊός Synonyms: Ροταϊός |
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