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Rotavirus

genus of viruses
Taxon taxon Q164778
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Summary

Rotavirus is a taxon[1]. Rotavirus ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,489 views/month, #804 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Sedoreovirinae[4], Sedoreoviridae[5]
  • Taxon name: Rotavirus[6]
  • Commons category: Rotavirus[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Rotavirus A[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rotavirus[9]
  • Has effect: vomiting[10], gastroenteritis[11]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C77199[12]
  • Studied by: infectious diseases[13]
  • ICTV virus genome composition: double-stranded RNA virus[14]

Body

Identifiers

Rotavirus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1163809[15]. Rotavirus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10912[16]. Rotavirus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 67534[17]. Rotavirus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9860749[18].

Why It Matters

Rotavirus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Rotavirus is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

infectious diseases

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2005. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2016 v1.3. wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eppo code → ROTVXX
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Umls cui: C0037088"
  2. 17d ago · Argosykoji · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 57
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Wikiprojectmed id: Rotavirus"
  3. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0203696-rotaviry
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0203696-rotaviry, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  4. 18w ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist taxon id → 1163809
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Inaturalist taxon id: 1163809, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1781110391354"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Has effect → vomiting, gastroenteritis
    Aliases → —
    Taxonomic type → Rotavirus A
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 21549, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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