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rotavirus

/roh-tuh-vahy-ruhs/US // ˈroʊ təˌvaɪ rəs //UK // (ˈrəʊtəˌvaɪrəs) //

轮状病毒,轮匝病毒,轮奸病毒,轮流病毒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ro·ta·vi·rus·es.

    • : a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.

Examples

  • They include Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the co-developer of a rotavirus vaccine.

  • After that, we got rotavirus vaccines, pneumococcal vaccines, again, at very, very low prices.

  • A new study shows the rotavirus vaccine has saved 100,000 hospital visits and nearly $1 billion in medical costs.

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