目前轮状病毒已被认为是引起急性胃肠炎的最常见原因。学龄前儿童感染轮状病毒后,一般常出现胃肠道症状;新生儿期感染轮状病毒后,常不出现临床症状,这可能是从母体获得了免疫。5岁以上的儿童或成人感染轮状病毒后,可能因后天获得免疫而产生轻微的症状或无症状。轮状病毒的培养迄今尚未普遍获得成功,目前轮状病毒胃肠炎的诊断,通常是依靠对患儿的粪便进行电镜观察 Rotavirus is currently considered to be the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis. Gastrointestinal symptoms usually occur in preschool children after they have been infected with rotavirus. Clinical symptoms often appear after infection with rotavirus in the neonatal period, which may have been obtained from the mother. Children younger than 5 years old or adults infected with rotavirus may develop minor or no symptoms due to acquired immunity. Rotavirus culture has so far not generally been successful, the current diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis, usually rely on the observation of children’s stool electron microscopy