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Pneumonia and rotavirus vaccination programs reduced illness and death in Fiji – Outbreak News Today
By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Fiji’s national vaccine program against pneumonia, a serious lung condition, and rotavirus, a common disease which causes severe diarrhoea…
By NewsDesk @bactiman63
Fiji’s national vaccine program against pneumonia, a serious lung condition, and rotavirus, a common disease which causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting, has reduced illness and death, new research shows.
The organism’s characteristic wheel-like appearance under the electron microscope gives the rotavirus its name from the Latin word ‘rota,’ meaning ‘wheel.’Image/CDC/Jessica A. Allen/Alliza Eckerd.
The University of Melbourne-led research team, which worked with the Fiji…
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