Diarrheal diseases in Brazil: Clinical features of rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis in children

✍ Scribed by M. L. Racz; J. A. N. Candeias; J. R. Trabulsi; J. Murahowski

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 355 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0393-2990
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00148929

✦ Synopsis

This study was undertaken to detect the presence of rotavirus in the stools of children with gastroenteritis, using the enzyme-linked-immunosorben assay .(,ELISA), :and to c o m p a r e the signs and symptoms of rotavirus-posi.tive and -negative children. Over a period ,of fifteen months, 367 children ranging in age from less than 1 mo.nth to 5 years or more with diarrhea and 86 children, in the same age group, without diarrhea and respiratory infections, used as controls, were evaluated. H u m a n rotavirus was .detected in 15.8% of children with diarrhea attending out-patient clinics and in 28.9% of patients seen by general practitioners. In the control groups, the percentages of identification of rotavirus were 1.4% and 5.5% respectively. Frequency of other enteropathogens was determined. The hydration state of diarrheal cases, different clinical symptoms and the type of medical attendance distinguished the rotavirus positive from the rotavirus negative patients.