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Evidences and consequences of extra-intestinal spread of rotaviruses in humans and animals

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Rotavirus is recognized as one of the main diarrheal pathogens in young children and animals. The prevailing central dogma of rotavirus infection states that the infection is confined in the gastrointestinal tract. However, increasing evidences indicate that rotavirus infection is systemic. Clinical case reports of systemic manifestations to rotavirus infection in children has continued to accumulate over the past years. The use of animal models provided pathological and molecular evidences for extra-intestinal infection of rotaviruses. The mechanism correlated with the extra-intestinal spread of rotavirus infection from the intestine is through cell-free and cell-associated viremia. The extent of the extra-intestinal spread of rotavirus infection has not yet been fully elucidated; whether it can only affect a limited number of organs and tissues or capable of involving the body as a whole. Moreover, the influence of systemic rotavirus infections remains to be determined. In this review, combination of previous and new data are outlined to help in better understanding of the extra-intestinal infections of rotaviruses.

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This study was supported by the National Research Foundation grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (No. 2013M3A9AA6003126).

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Alfajaro, M.M., Cho, KO. Evidences and consequences of extra-intestinal spread of rotaviruses in humans and animals. VirusDis. 25, 186–194 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13337-014-0197-9

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