World’s Leading Health Experts Urge Countries To Use Newly Released Data To Prevent The Death Of Millions Of Children Due To Rotavirus

Over 350 of the world’s leading scientific experts, policymakers and leading public health professionals from 67 countries convened during the 8th International Rotavirus Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, to present new data about rotavirus — a disease which causes acute diarrhea and often leads to death among young children. “Regardless of where they live, virtually all children become infected with rotavirus by the age of three.

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on June 10th, 2008