Morris C A, Flewett T H, Bryden A S, Davies H
Lancet. 1975 Jan 4;1(7897):4-5. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(75)92370-3.
Two outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis occurred in 1974 in a long-stay children's ward. Electron microscopy demonstrated rotaviruses in faeces from the affected children in the first outbreak, and adenoviruses in faeces from affected children and a nurse in the second outbreak. The illness in both outbreaks was very mild; but the diarrhoea associated with rotavirus infection usually lasted 5-8 days (in one patient it lasted for 28 days) and sometimes started with vomiting; whereas the adenovirus-associated diarrhoea lasted only 2-4 days and was not associated with vomiting. Neither the rotaviruses nor the adenoviruses could be established in tissue-culture.
1974年，一个长期住院儿童病房发生了两起急性肠胃炎疫情。电子显微镜检查显示，在第一起疫情中，患病儿童的粪便中发现了轮状病毒；在第二起疫情中，患病儿童和一名护士的粪便中发现了腺病毒。两起疫情中的病症都很轻微；但与轮状病毒感染相关的腹泻通常持续5至8天（有一名患者持续了28天），有时以呕吐开始；而与腺病毒相关的腹泻仅持续2至4天，且不伴有呕吐。轮状病毒和腺病毒都无法在组织培养中培养出来。
