Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Rotavirus

Rotavirus

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 18, 2022 by Wehwalt (talk) 20:12, 12 August 2022 (UTC)



Rotavirus is a genus of double-stranded RNA virus and the leading cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children. There are seven species of the virus; Rotavirus A, the most common, causes more than 90% of human infections. Rotavirus is transmitted by the faecal–oral route. It infects cells that line the small intestine and produces an enterotoxin, which induces gastroenteritis, leading to severe diarrhoea and sometimes death through dehydration. Campaigns to combat rotavirus focus on oral rehydration therapy for infected children and vaccination. Vaccines introduced in the 2000s have reduced the severity of infections in children and lowered hospitalisation rates. Rotavirus also infects animals and is a pathogen of livestock.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Chagas disease, March 28, 2022
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 * Promoted: March 15, 2008, "Satisfactory" at URFA/2020 on Feb 15, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: WP:MEDICINE and WP:VIRUS are underrepresented at TFA. This would be a TFA rerun. The blurb is from its previous run, reduced to under 1025 characters. I checked the blurb (particularly the stats) but would appreciate another check by someone more knowledgeable in this subject area.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 21:09, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Support: I am normally not a huge fan of re-running a TFA, but I do agree with the above rationale. It would be nice to get more topics in this field on the main page and I could see this being beneficial to readers. I cannot comment on the blurb as I am not knowledgeable in this subject area so apologies for that. Aoba47 (talk) 23:18, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment The blurb needs updating. Several vaccines have been introduced since this blurb was written. I have kept the article up to date in this regard and others. Graham Beards (talk) 15:38, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I tried adding in info about vaccines introduced in the 2000s, but this has caused the blurb to be over the 1035 limit. Can you check to see if it is accurate, and maybe find places to reduce the blurb? Thanks. Z1720 (talk) 15:56, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I have deleted a couple of sentences. I think most healthcare providers are aware of the importance of rotavirus now. And although most children still have rotavirus infections, many are now asymtpomatic, again because of the near universal adoption of vaccines. Graham Beards (talk) 16:05, 1 August 2022 (UTC)