Rotaviral enteritis is the main diarrheal disease in infants caused by rotavirus infection. Rotaviruses are members of the Reoviridae family and contain genomes consisting of eleven segments of double-stranded RNA. Rotavirus is transmitted primarily via the fecal-oral route.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
Viral intestinal infections
1A22 Gastroenteritis due to Rotavirus
H00975 Rotaviral enteritis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by dsRNA viruses
H00975 Rotaviral enteritis
Pathogen
Rotavirus A [GN:T40092] Human rotavirus B [GN:T40123] Rotavirus C [GN:T40094] NSP4 enterotoxin [VG:7011361]
Drug
Live attenuated human rota virus vaccine, oral [DR:D10193]
Rotavirus vaccine, live, oral, pentavalent [DR:D10211]
