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The Australian Immunisation Handbook 10th Edition 2013

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Rotavirus<br />

a virus that is a common cause of diarrhoea (and often vomiting as well) in<br />

young children. <strong>The</strong> diarrhoea can be severe in very young children, such that<br />

they may need intravenous fluids (i.e. through a vein in the arm) in hospital.<br />

Rubella<br />

a viral illness, sometimes also known as German measles<br />

Seizure<br />

a witnessed sudden loss of consciousness and generalised, tonic, clonic, tonic–<br />

clonic, or atonic motor manifestations.<br />

Types of seizures include:<br />

» febrile seizures; with fever >38.5°C<br />

» afebrile seizures; without fever<br />

» syncopal seizures; a syncope/vasovagal episode followed by seizure(s).<br />

Subcutaneous (SC) injection<br />

an injection into the tissue between the skin and the underlying muscle<br />

Syncope<br />

see vasovagal episode<br />

Thrombocytopenia<br />

platelet count

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