[The role of rotaviruses in the etiology of infantile diarrhea in the Central African Republic].

The stools of 1 138 diarrheic children and 298 controls have been investigated for rotavirus during the course of 1982. The results were positive for 21.9% of the patients and 6.7% of the controls. The maxima incidence of rotavirus has been found among children from new born to 11 months old and during the dry season. The results are compared with those of other authors.