| enteric viruses in pediatric diarrhea in saudi arabia. | between september 1st, 2002 and august 31st, 2003, a panel of 1,000 stool samples was collected from patients presenting with diarrhea in the three major urban centers of saudi arabia; riyadh, mecca, and jeddah. each sample was tested for rotavirus, and astrovirus by elisa, g and p type was determined for all rotaviruses. adenoviruses were sought by hexon-specific pcr and identified by rflp. a subset of 253 samples was also tested for norovirus by elisa. data were analyzed for seasonality of inf ... | 2008 | 18814232 |