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What is Pathophysiology of Gastroenteritis about?
1) The document discusses the pathophysiology of several viral causes of gastroenteritis including astrovirus, calicivirus (norovirus), rotavirus, and enteric adenovirus. 2) It explains that rotavirus typically infects the mature enterocytes of the small intestine villi. It induces maldigestion and malabsorption, increases fluid secretion, and causes the intestine to secrete water and electrolytes through various mechanisms. 3) The document also briefly mentions some bacterial causes of gastroenteritis
- Author
- Jun Ming
- Language
- EN