Rotavirus Diagnostics Market 1
Rotavirus is a major cause of severe childhood gastroenteritis. Rotavirus, the most significant member of the Reoviridae family, is responsible for almost two million hospital admissions, around 25 million clinic visits, and more than 0.8 million deaths among children below the age of five globally each year. Rotavirus has a worldwide incidence, both in developed and developing countries; however, maximum deaths have been observed in the developing countries. It is difficult to differentiate gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus from other enteric pathogens. Hence, identification of the cause of gastroenteritis needs analysis of fecal specimens with commercially available assays. Rotaviruses are double-stranded, non-enveloped RNA viruses, which consist of 11 segments. Viral RNA is surrounded by a three-layer capsid: outer capsid, inner capsid, and core capsid. Based on antigenic protein VP6, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) h