轮状病毒是病毒性胃肠炎的另一个主要病原体。1973年Bishop等首次提出轮状病毒是婴儿胃肠炎的重要病因,并在十二指肠的肠上皮细胞内找到病毒颗粒。它是人畜共患的一种疾病,虽然交叉感染不常见,但可发生。Hodes等(1978)用电镜发现小牛的大便中含有轮状病毒。人的轮状病毒成功的引起小牛、羊羔,猪和猴有症状或无症状的感染。 Rotavirus is another major pathogen of viral gastroenteritis. In 1973, Bishop et al. First proposed that rotavirus is an important cause of infantile gastroenteritis and found virus particles in intestinal duodenal epithelium. It is a zoonotic disease that can occur, although cross-infection is uncommon. Hodes et al. (1978) found by electron microscopy that calves contained rotavirus in the stool. Human rotavirus successfully causes symptomatic or asymptomatic infections in calves, lambs, pigs and monkeys.