Acute viral intestinal infections affect both adults and children. However, children suffer more often from these infections and endure them more severely due to increased sensitivity to rotavirus. Infection can occur through dirty hands, household items, as well as contaminated water and food. This was explained by Olena Bavorovska, an epidemiologist at the Lviv Health Center and Medical Statistics and a freelance expert at the city health department on epidemiology.
Andriy Yaremko illustrative photo, author: Roman Baluk