自1973年 Bishop 等用电镜在患儿粪便中发现轮状病毒以来,世界各地均先后报道,证实本病毒为婴幼儿腹泻的重要病原。我国1978年秋在北京的一次婴幼儿急性胃肠炎的流行中从患儿粪便亦检出轮状病毒。目前一般认为全部婴幼儿腹泻约有50%以上为感染轮状病毒 Since 1973, Bishop and other electron microscopy found in children’s rotavirus rotavirus, have been reported around the world, confirmed that the virus is an important cause of diarrhea in infants and young children. In the autumn of 1978, an epidemic of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children in Beijing also detected rotavirus from the droppings of children. It is generally believed that about 50% of all infantile diarrhea is infected with rotavirus