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PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 15   Infections Due to RNA Viruses

190 Viral Gastroenteritis
Umesh D. Parashar / Roger I. Glass

Figure 190-1  Viral agents of gastroenteritis. NV, norovirus; SV, sapovirus.
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Figure 190-2  The maximal or minimal percentage of rotavirus-positive tests for 2000–2006 may have occurred during any of the six baseline seasons. The onset of rotavirus season was defined as the first of two consecutive weeks during which the percentage of stool specimens testing positive for rotavirus was ≥10%, and the end of the season was defined as the...
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Figure 190-3  Rotavirus mortality rates by country, per 100,000 children <5 years of age. (Reproduced with permission from UD Parashar et al: J Infect Dis 200:S9, 2009.)
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