Virus infections causing diarrhoea and vomiting

Autor: Philip Dormitzer, Ulrich Desselberger
Rok vydání: 2010
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DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199204854.003.070509_update_002
Popis: Acute gastroenteritis is frequently caused by rotaviruses, human caliciviruses (noroviruses, sapoviruses), astroviruses and enteric adenoviruses (group F): these cause much disease worldwide and considerable mortality, mainly in developing countries. Other viruses found in the human gastrointestinal tract are not regularly associated with diarrhoeal disease, except in patients who are immunosuppressed and in whom herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and picobirnaviruses can cause diarrhoea, as can HIV itself....
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