antirotaviral

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ rotaviral

Adjective

antirotaviral (not comparable)

1. (immunology) Describing any antibody that reacts with a rotavirus.
   • 2012, Pravin Bhatt, Viral and Mycoplasmal of Laboratory Rodents:

     No antirotaviral antibody is detected at birth in caesarean-derived 18 day-old fetuses from seropositive dams.

   • 2015 August 19, Sara M. Parigi et al., “Breast Milk and Solid Food Shaping Intestinal Immunity”, in Frontiers in Immunology‎^[1], volume 6, →DOI:

     These antirotaviral antibodies are likely to provide a passive protection in the child ( 71 ).