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Comment
. 2007 Apr;4(4):e117.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040117.

Rotavirus infection: a systemic illness?

David C A Candy  1
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Rotavirus infection: a systemic illness?

David C A Candy. PLoS Med. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

Candy discusses a new study inPLoS Medicine that challenges the view that in children with rotavirus diarrhea, the virus is confined to the upper small intestine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

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Electron micrograph showing a number of RNA rotavirus virions (which have a wheel-like appearance) and a number of unknown, 29 nm virion particles
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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