How do you use Rotavirus in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like reovirus, plus the exact meaning.
Rotavirus in a sentence
Rotavirus meaning
Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
Synonyms of Rotavirus
Using Rotavirus
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
- Useful related words include: reovirus.
- In the example corpus, rotavirus often appears in combinations such as: rotavirus is, rotavirus vaccine.
Context around Rotavirus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rotavirus
- In this selection, "rotavirus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, norovirus, poliomyelitis, national, vaccine and pneumonia stand out and add context to how "rotavirus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as norovirus rotavirus and adenovirus and immunisation against rotavirus is recommended. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rotavirus" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rotavirus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Immunisation against rotavirus is recommended and free for children under six months of age. (14 words)
Viruses such as norovirus, rotavirus, and adenovirus are the usual culprits behind stomach flu cases. (15 words)
The diseases include whooping cough, tetanus, measles, poliomyelitis, rotavirus, pneumonia, chicken pox, diphtheria, influenza, hepatitis and malaria. (17 words)
Published in the journal ‘Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific’, the first study looked at Fiji’s national rotavirus vaccine programme five years after it became the first independent Pacific island country to introduce the vaccine in 2012. (37 words)
Rotavirus is a highly contagious virus that infects the intestine and is the most common cause of severe diarrheal disease in infants and young children worldwide. (26 words)
Because only babies younger than 8 months can receive the rotavirus vaccine, catchup doses aren’t required for older children by the new rules. (24 words)
Example sentences (7)
Immunisation against rotavirus is recommended and free for children under six months of age.
Viruses such as norovirus, rotavirus, and adenovirus are the usual culprits behind stomach flu cases.
The diseases include whooping cough, tetanus, measles, poliomyelitis, rotavirus, pneumonia, chicken pox, diphtheria, influenza, hepatitis and malaria.
Published in the journal ‘Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific’, the first study looked at Fiji’s national rotavirus vaccine programme five years after it became the first independent Pacific island country to introduce the vaccine in 2012.
The government expanded the childhood vaccination scheme to include Meningococcal B/MenB and Rotavirus three years ago.
Because only babies younger than 8 months can receive the rotavirus vaccine, catchup doses aren’t required for older children by the new rules.
Rotavirus is a highly contagious virus that infects the intestine and is the most common cause of severe diarrheal disease in infants and young children worldwide.
Common combinations with rotavirus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- rotavirus is 2×
- rotavirus vaccine 2×