Diagnosis of infection with rotavirus normally follows diagnosis of<unk>  as the cause of severe diarrhoea. Most children admitted to hospital with<unk>  are tested for Specific diagnosis of infection with is made by finding the virus in the child's stool by enzyme immunoassay. There are several licensed test kits on the market which are sensitive, specific and detect all serotypes of . Other methods, such as electron microscopy and PCR, are used in research laboratories. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) can detect and identify all species and serotypes of human rotavirus.
Rotaviral gastroenteritis
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea
Travelers' diarrhea
Bacillary dysentery
Shigellosis
Jamaican vomiting sickness
Campylobacteriosis
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis