The Pattern of Occurence of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in Jeju Area between 2001 and 2005 / 대한소아소화기영양학회지
Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
;
: 113-116, 2005.
Artículo
en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-27847
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
There were a few reports for epidemiologic changes of rotavirus gastroenteritis during recent several years in Korea. We tried to know what is characteristics for the prevalence of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Jeju different from epidemiology of the other domestic area.METHODS:
We performed a retrospective study of 211 patients with rotavirus gastroenteritis admitted to the pediatric ward at Cheju National University hospital, from December 2001 to June 2005. We defined as rotavirus infection that was positive on immunochromatography method applied to stool samples.RESULTS:
Two hundred eleven patients with rotavirus gastroenteritis consisted of 13 patients in December 2001, 32 in 2002, 79 in 2003, 48 patients in 2004 and 39 in 2005 (until June). The monthly distributions, during 3 years from 2002 to 2004, were 40 patients (25.2%) in Jaunary, 56 (35.2%) in February, 31 (19.5%) in March and 23 (14.5%) in April. From May to December, there were only 9 patients (5.6%). Therefore, the prevalences of rotavirus gastroenteritis were concentrated on the 4 months (94.4%) including January, February, March and April. Also, the changes of the monthly distributions from January 2002 to June 2005 were not present.CONCLUSION:
In recent years, the monthly distributions of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Jeju area were centered on the 4 months from January to April without prominent seasonal variation.
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Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Rotavirus
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Estaciones del Año
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Epidemiología
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Prevalencia
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Estudios Retrospectivos
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Cromatografía de Afinidad
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Rotavirus
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Gastroenteritis
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Corea (Geográfico)
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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