Contagious: Rotavirus
| About contagion: Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Rotavirus is possible from one person to another. Other words for contagion include "infection", "infectiousness", "transmission" or "transmissability". Contagiousness has nothing to do with genetics or inheriting diseases from parents. For an overview of contagion, see Introduction to Contagion. |
Contagion summary: oral-fecal route
Contagiousness properties of Rotavirus:
Contagious overall?: Yes
Contagious from feces?: Yes
Contagious from by fecal-oral route?: Yes
Contagion summary: The primary mode of transmission is fecal-oral, although some have reported low titers of virus in respiratory tract secretions and other body fluids.1
Contagion discussion:
Because the virus is stable in the environment,
transmission can occur through ingestion of contaminated water or food
and contact with contaminated surfaces. In the United States and other
countries with a temperate climate, the disease has a winter seasonal
pattern, with annual epidemics occurring from November to April. The highest
rates of illness occur among infants and young children, and most children
in the United States are infected by 2 years of age. Adults can also be
infected, though disease tends to be mild. 1
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Rotavirus: DVRD
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