The role of emerging gastrointestinal viruses in the first two years of life: a birth cohort study

胃肠道疾病在生命早期很常见，可能会很严重。我们的目标是通过跟踪大约140名儿童从出生到他们两岁的生日来了解更多关于这些疾病的情况，父母每周都会收集肮脏的尿布拭子。我们的实验室将对这些样本进行广泛的已知和新的胃肠道病毒检测，我们还将寻找尚未发现的病毒。这些信息将使我们能够记录这些疾病给幼儿及其家庭带来的负担。

Gastro illnesses are common and potentially serious early in life. We are aiming to find out more about these illnesses by following ~140 children from birth to their second birthday, with parents collecting a dirty nappy swab every week. Our laboratory will test these samples for a wide range of known and new gastro viruses, and we will also be looking for, as yet, undiscovered viruses. This information will allow us to document the burden of these illnesses in young children and their families.