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cord-321949-s1qu3odd	Anderson, Evan J	Rotavirus infection in adults	2004-01-28		.txt	text/plain	6937	441	38	Spread by faecal-oral transmission, rotavirus infection in adults typically manifests with nausea, malaise, headache, abdominal cramping, diarrhoea, and fever. In this review we intend to familiarise clinicians who primarily provide care for adult patients with the salient features of rotavirus pathophysiology, clinical presentation, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention. In a separate study, 14 parents of children with rotavirus gastroenteritis developed serological evidence of infection, but only three had diarrhoea. Rotavirus infections in adult patients infected with HIV-1 frequently present as a chronic diarrhoea with sustained viral shedding in stools. In a small prospective study in the UK, rotavirus caused 4·1% of acute diarrhoea in adults admitted to hospital. 79 In a study of Mexican adults, 63% of patients presenting with acute gastroenteritis during winter months were positive for rotavirus. Rotavirus infections in adults in association with acute gastroenteritis	./cache/cord-321949-s1qu3odd.txt	./txt/cord-321949-s1qu3odd.txt