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Rotavirus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John T. Sinnott IV  and
Margarita R. Cancio
John T. Sinnott IV*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
Margarita R. Cancio
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
*
The Tampa General Hospital, Davis Island, PO Box 1289, Tampa, FL 33601
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Acute gastroenteritis is a public health problem of global proportions. Worldwide there are more than 700 million cases of diarrheal disease resulting in around 5 million deaths. In the United States the incidence of acute gastroenteritis is 11% each year and it is second only to respiratory infection as a contagious disease in the American family. The etiology of this common syndrome is obscure but it is becoming apparent that much of this disease is viral in origin. Recent research has elucidated a growing number of human pathogens: Norwalk-like agents, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, and astroviruses. The best understood of these agents are among the earlier discoveries in gastrointestinal virology—the rotaviruses. The study of these agents has greatly advanced our understanding of viral gastroenteritis.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 8 , Issue 12 , December 1987 , pp. 519 - 521
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1987

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