Preface. Section I. Viral gastroenteritis: Causes, pathophysiolo gy, immunology, treatment and epidemiology. Introduction. 1. Vi ral causes of gastroenteritis (U.D. Parashar, R.I. Glass). 2. Physiolog y and pathophysiology of the gut in relation to viral diarrhea (F. Miche langeli, M.C. Ruiz). 3. The enteric nervous system and infectious diarrh ea (O. Lundgren, L. Svensson). 4. Immunology of the gut (P. Brandtzaeg, F.-E. Johansen). 5. Treatment of viral gastroenteritis (D. Bass). Section II. Rotaviruses. Introduction. 1. Structural organiza tion of the genome in rotavirus (J.B. Pesavento, M.K. Estes, B.V.V. Pras ad). 2. The three-dimensional structure of rotavirus VP6 (F.A. Rey, J. L epault, J. Cohen). 3. Attachment and post-attachment receptors for rotav irus (S. Lopez, C.F. Arias).
4. Rotavirus genome repl ication: role of the RNA-binding proteins (J.T. Patton, K. Kearney, Z. T araporewala). 5. Translation of rotavirus mRNAs in the infected cell (D. Poncet). 6. The rotavirus NSP4 enterotoxin: current status and challeng es (M.K. Estes). 7. Interaction of the rotavirus nonstructural glycopro