Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Rotavirus gastroenteritis
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test. Below are the key points to recognise rotavirus gastroenteritis — the full SA Note notes add investigations, management, complications and 10 practice questions.
Key high-yield points
- Leading cause of severe acute diarrhoeal disease in children under 5 in the UK
- Peaks in winter/early spring; incubation 1-3 days; very low infectious dose (<10 viral particles)
- Non-enveloped dsRNA virus - faecal-oral transmission; targets villous tip enterocytes of the small intestine
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