Revealing Hidden Enemies: A Review of Emerging Gastrointestinal Viruses
Abstract
© 2022 The Author(s); Published by Alborz University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To Editor, Today, many deadly infectious epidemics have been reduced with the improvement of individual and social health levels, the increase of vaccinations, and the use of antibiotics and extensive preventive measures. However, the number of diseases and complications with unknown etiology has long been significant. The advancement of technology in the field of diagnostic apparatuses has improved the science of diagnosis and led to the identification of pathogenic agents, especially infectious agents, at the genus and species level.1 Among idiopathic diseases, gastrointestinal (GI) complications (e.g., gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and the like) are highly common in children and adults; considering that 40% of cases of GI complications are still of unknown etiology, these newly discovered viruses may play a role in the development of GI complications; the rotavirus, human bocavirus, adenovirus, norovirus, and the like are among these agents. In addition, recently, diagnostic methods and tools have been able to shed light on factors that cause digestive complications, leading to the isolation and identification of viruses such as…
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