It took 40 years to convince doctors and the public that not all diarrhea is caused by bacteria.Neither praise nor awards is what Sri Suparyati received when she first announced her findings that most cause of diarrhea in children in Indonesia is the rotavirus, not bacteria as everyone had believed. Not only was she ignored, her research results were also underestimated by senior pediatricians.

The doctors refused to believe that the cause of diar