Rotavirus and adenovirus in Rondônia
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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102(5): 555-557, Aug. 2007. tab
Artículo
en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
Acute gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases in humans worldwide. Viral gastroenteritis is a global problem in infants and young children. In this study the incidence of diarrhea was assessed in 877 hospitalized children under five years old, over a period of 24 months and distributed in 470 cases of diarrhea and 407 age-matched group with other pathologies, as control group. Two antigen detection techniques based on enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and latex particles were used for detection of rotavirus and adenovirus. Rotavirus A was a major cause of gastroenteritis with 23.6 percent of cases, being 90 percent of these cases in young children. Adenovirus infections was detected by EIA with frequency of 6.4 percent. Rotavirus and adenovirus were detected in 10.1 and 1.7 percent of stools from control group, respectively. Interestingly, the frequency of the youngest children in the control group excreting Rotavirus A was comparable to that detected in stools from diarrheic children. We cannot rule out the existence of other enteric viruses because the etiology of 171 cases of diarrhea was not determined and active search for astrovirus and calicivirus was not done. This is the first study that shows the presence of enteric viruses in the infantile population from Western Brazilian Amazonia and it was important to help physicians in the treatment of viral gastroenteritis.
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Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Rotavirus
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Infecciones por Adenovirus Humanos
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Gastroenteritis
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Humanos
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Lactante
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Recién Nacido
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitología
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical/BR
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Hospital Infantil Cosme Damião/BR
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