The association of picornaviruses with gastroenteritis

Abstract

Many members of the family Picornaviridae survive passage through the stomach and some are known to replicate in the intestinal tract. Yet these picornaviruses are not considered as a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis. Further investigation of gastroenteritis cases not associated with viruses known to cause diarrhoea may serve to delineate further between picornaviruses causing gastroenteritis and an incidental finding.