title: The rotavirus genus.
abstract: Human rotaviruses, discovered nearly 20 years ago, have been proven to be major cause of paediatric diarrhoeal disease morbidity and mortality. The clinical significance of these viruses stimulated basic studies on their biology, molecular and antigenic properties and epidemiology. General features, clinical relevance, epidemiologic pattern and laboratory diagnosis of human rotavirus infections are here reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Donelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Superti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins