婴幼儿急性胃肠炎是儿科的一种常见病。多年来,临床与病毒工作者在病因研究方面做了大量工作。发现除小部分病例是由致病性大肠杆菌、肠道病毒等引起外,大多数病人的病因不明。1973年 Bishop 等用电镜从急性胃肠炎患儿的十二指肠粘膜上皮细胞中发现了一种新的病毒颗粒。1976年国际病毒分类委员会正式将此病毒命名为轮状 Infant acute gastroenteritis is a common pediatric disease. For years, clinical and viral workers have done a great deal of work on etiological research. Found that in addition to a small number of cases caused by pathogenic E. coli, enterovirus, the cause of most patients is unknown. In 1973 Bishop and other electron microscopy from children with acute gastroenteritis in duodenal mucosal epithelial cells found a new virus particles. In 1976 the International Virus Classification Committee officially named the virus round