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Microbes and Infection

Volume 3, Issue 13, November 2001, Pages 1145-1156
Microbes and Infection

Review
Pathogenesis of Rotavirus diarrhea

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Abstract

Rotavirus diarrhea is a major cause of infantile gastroenteritis worldwide. This review is mainly devoted to the effects of Rotavirus on intestinal epithelial transport and to the pathophysiological mechanisms proposed to underlie the intestinal fluid secretion caused by the virus.

Keywords

Rotavirus
intestine
diarrhea

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