Aerosol spread of diarrheal diseases.Aerosol spread of diarrheal diseases A virologist virologist microbiologist specializing in virology. is making what he calls a "radical" proposal for the mechanism of dispersal of rotaviruses, the agents most commonly responsible for hospitalized cases of diarrheal disease in children. Previous research had demonstrated transmission of the viruses by contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. water, but Carl D. Brand of Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. in Washington, D.C., argues that they must also employe other routes. In temperate climates, rotaviruses show a striking seasonality; there are several hundred times as many cases in the winter as in the summer. Brand proposes that the low indoor humidity in winter increases the survival of the virus, which is released into the environment in large number -- 1 billion viruses per gram of feces of an infected infant. A "rotavirus rotavirus /ro·ta·vi·rus/ (ro´tah-vi?rus) any member of the genus Rotavirus. ro´taviral Rotavirus /Ro·ta·vi·rus/ (ro´tah-vi?rus aerosol" might be created when an infant's diapers are changed, bedding is aired or a toilet is flushed. |
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