澳大利亚悉尼消息:墨尔本皇家儿童医院的科学家们正在使用一种革新的病毒测定方法,协助生产一种抗婴幼儿腹泻的疫苗. 他们试图鉴别引起婴幼儿胃肠道病变的轮状病毒的组成成份. 其中一位研究者Ruth Bishop说,轮状病毒是澳大利亚婴儿腹泻的主要原因(尤其是在冬天),使出生后3个月到3岁之间的幼儿患病。 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Reuters) - Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital scientists are using a revolutionary virus assay to help produce a vaccine against infantile diarrhea that attempts to identify the components of rotavirus that cause gastrointestinal lesions in infants and young children. One of the researchers, Ruth Bishop, said rotavirus is a major cause of infant diarrhea in Australia, especially in winter, causing sick children between the ages of 3 months and 3 years after birth.