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Prevention
It would be ideal never to get these infections in the first place and being up-to-date with your child's vaccines can help reach that goal. For example, young infants should receive the rotavirus vaccine, which has been shown to protect children against 85 to 98 percent of severe illness from rotavirus. There is also a hepatitis A vaccine now universally recommended for all toddlers 12 to 23 months of age.
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