• Monika Sultana

Enteric infections cause acute gastroenteritis rank along with respiratory tract infections which affect animals and humans of all age groups worldwide. Annually there are 1.7 million deaths from diarrheal diseases and 1.5 million deaths from respiratory infections worldwide. Viruses are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. The outbreaks occur often in hospitals, nursing homes, health care centers as well as in individual homes. Due to the high number of outbreaks and frequency of infection, the burden of disease is high. They can enter the body through various sites including the respiratory and enteric tracts by aerosolized droplets, droplet nuclei, or the fecal–oral route. They cause an estimated 60% of human infections, and most common illnesses are produced by respiratory and enteric viruses. Unlike bacterial disease, viral illness cannot be resolved with the use of antibiotics. To date there are no vaccines or antiviral drugs for most common enteric and respiratory viruses with the exception of influenza virus and hepatitis A virus (HAV).

Enteric infections, gastroenteritis, fecal-oral route

"A review of respiratory and enteric viral diseases", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.646-650, December-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012286.pdf

"A review of respiratory and enteric viral diseases", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp646-650, December-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012286.pdf