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A 2-month-old female infant is admitted ...
Double-stranded RNA, segmented

Non-enveloped

Icosahedral capsid
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I believe this is rotavirus which is a common cause of fatal diarrhea in children. I think "wheel-like shape" is technically a buzz word for rotavirus, but I didn't know that. Yes, there is a vaccine, but it requires 2-3 shots giving within a month starting after 6 weeks of age so maybe this child isn't completely immune yet. Once you get to rotavirus you just need to know the rest and I linked the video below on how I remember all the viruses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_qAFF58Ec

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cheesetouch  Rotavirus is the only dsRNA virus and is important/unique from that. +2
overa  the vaccine is orally administrated +
jbrito718  Rota means wheel-like in greek if that helps +1



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