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Rotavirus is a virus that causes diarrhea, mostly in babies and young children. The diarrhea can be severe, and lead to dehydration. Vomiting and fever are also common in babies with rotavirus. Before rotavirus vaccine, rotavirus disease was a common and serious health problem for children in the United States.
Rotavirus vaccine is an oral (swallowed) vaccine, not an injection. The vaccine requires 2-3 doses that are given by mouth at two months and four months of age. Another dose at 6 months of age may be needed depending on the brand of vaccine used.here is no drug to treat rotavirus infection. Prior to the introduction of rotavirus vaccines in the U.S. in 2006, rotavirus resulted in the hospitalization of approximately 55,000 U.S. children each year. In developing countries, rotavirus leads to an estimated 450,000 deaths each year in children under five.