JUNDISHAPUR JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, vol.7, no.4, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Acute gastroenteritis is responsible observed in all age groups, especially infants and children. The etiology and clinical course of acute gastroenteritis may vary with age and etiological agents. In developing countries, the morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diarrhea is higher in children younger than five-years-of-age.