Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 11 , Pages 594-598, November 2009

Viral gastroenteritis

Ulrich Desselberger MD FRCPath FRCP (Glasgow, London) is a Director of Research, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Competing interests: none declared

Jim Gray PhD FIBMS FRCPath is a Head of the Enteric Virus Unit, Virus Reference Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, UK. Competing interests: none declared

Abstract 

The virology, immunology, diagnosis, clinical symptoms, treatment, epidemiology and prevention measures relating to the most common viral causes of acute gastroenteritis (rotaviruses, human caliciviruses, astroviruses and enteric adenoviruses) are briefly reviewed. Uncommon viral causes of acute gastroenteritis and viruses causing gastroenteritis in immunodeficient patients are mentioned. The main change over the past three years has been the development, licensing and wide application of new live attenuated rotavirus vaccines.

Keywords: acute gastroenteritis, astrovirus, enteric adenovirus, human calicivirus, norovirus, rotavirus, rotavirus vaccine, sapovirus

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PII: S1357-3039(09)00244-8

doi:10.1016/j.mpmed.2009.08.005

Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 11 , Pages 594-598, November 2009

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