Rotaviral enteritis
Definition:
Rotaviral enteritis is the main diarrheal disease in infants caused by rotavirus infection. Rotaviruses are members of the Reoviridae family and contain genomes consisting of eleven segments of double-stranded RNA. Rotavirus is transmitted primarily via the fecal-oral route.
References:
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[1]. Kristen M Ogden, et al. Rotavirus RNA polymerases resolve into two phylogenetically distinct classes that differ in their mechanism of template recognition. Virology. 2012 Sep;431(1-2):50-7. [Content Brief]
[2]. Sue E Crawford, et al. Rotavirus infection. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2017 Nov 9;3:17083. [Content Brief]
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