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. 2010 Jan 27;26:61–65. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1157/13128782

Rotavirus y otros virus productores de gastroenteritis aguda en la infancia

Rotavirus and other viruses causing acute childhood gastroenteritis

Isabel Wilhelmi de Cal 1,⁎, Rosa Belén Mohedano del Pozo 1, Alicia Sánchez-Fauquier 1
PMCID: PMC7130379  PMID: 19100169

Abstract

La gastroenteritis aguda es una de las enfermedades más comunes y que afecta a los niños de todo el mundo. Los virus se reconocen hoy día como una de las principales causas de esta infección, particularmente en la infancia. Desde que se describiera el virus Norwalk por primera vez como causa de gastroenteritis, se ha ido incrementando progresivamente el número de virus asociados a esta enfermedad. Los rotavirus son la primera causa de diarrea grave en niños menores de 5 años y los astrovirus, calicivirus y adenovirus entéricos son también agentes etiológicos importantes de la enfermedad. Otros virus, como los torovirus, coronavirus, picobirnaviruses, virus Aichi o los bocavirus humanos, también se han implicado en la etiología de la diarrea aguda. La vacunación frente a los rotavirus constituye, hoy día, la mejor estrategia para prevenir los casos graves de diarrea y reducir la mortalidad producida por estos virus.

Palabras clave: Gastroenteritis viral, Rotavirus, Astrovirus, Adenovirus entérico, Norovirus

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