Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

Exercise 37

Rotavirus infection is a major cause of viral enteritis among infants and children. Which of the following is NOT true about rotaviruses?
(a) They are transmitted by the fecal-oral route, damage in testinal epithelium, and cause a watery diarrhea.
(b) They are a major cause of adult morbidity and mortality in developing countries.
(c) They are reoviruses that replicate their double-stranded RNA in great numbers.
(d) Breast-fed infants are protected by anti-rotavirus anti bodies and the complex carbohydrate lactadherin.
(e) They are not the only major cause of viral enteritis.