title: [Viral diarrhea].
abstract: Viruses are one of the most frequent causes of acute infectious gastroenteritis. Thus, rotaviruses are responsible for 40-60%--and in winter sometimes for over 90% - of diarrhoea in infants. These viruses may also cause disease in adults, but small viruses of a size of about 27 nm, such as the Norwalk agent, play a much more important role. Several other non-cultivable viruses such as adeno-, calici- and astroviruses have been implicated as a cause of infectious diarrhoea. Knowledge of rotaviruses is so far advanced that routine laboratory diagnosis can easily be performed and active immunization against rotavirus infection envisaged.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009663:Norwalk virus; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000032:analysis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012401:Rotavirus; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral
vernacular_title: Virale Durchfälle.