Diagnostic electron microscopy of faeces. II. Acute gastroenteritis associated with reovirus-like particles.
Virus particles resembling reoviruses or orbiviruses were found in the faeces of 40 of 73 patients under 6 years of age with acute gastroenteritis and in faeces of only two babies among 31 patients under 6 years admitted to hospital with other diagnoses. In morphology the particles resemble orbiviruses more closely than reoviruses, but differ in appearance from the orbiviruses in having a smooth, circular outline with a well marked continuous rim as seen in negatively stained preparations. They appear not to be serologically related to reovirus types 1, 2, or 3 and may be members of a new group.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000371:Agglutination; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D046508:Culture Techniques; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D007106:Immune Sera