Rotavirus is the primary causative agent of acute gastro-enteritis, especially in children less than 2 years old. Its discovery in 1973 and its association with infantile gastro-enteritis represented a very important advance in the study of gastro-enteritis not caused by acute bacterial infection. Rotavirus is transmitted by oral-faecal contact with an incubation period of 1-3 daysetc.
 
The Adenovirus is the second most common cause of viral gastro-enteritis in children (10-15%). This virus may also cause respiratory diseases and, depending on the serotype, also diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, cystitis,etc. At least 47 serotypes of adenovirus have been described, all sharing a common hexon antigen.Serotypes 40 and 41 are the ones associated with gastro-enteritis, whose main symptom is diarrhoea thatmay last between 9 and 12 days associated with temperature and vomits.
 
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