Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children
Rev. biol. trop
;
45(3): 989-91, Sept. 1997. tab, graf
Artigo
em Inglês
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RESUMO
In Costa Rica, an annual outbreak of infant diarrheal disease (December and January) was reported since 1976, and rotavirus was incriminated later as the main etiological agent (1976-1981). Apparently the disease has not been systematically studied in Costa Rica after 1981. For that reason the occurrence of the outbreak was retrospectively documented for 1993-1995 and etiology was studied in 48 children treated for diarrhea at the Nacional Children Hospital (capital city of San Jose) during December, 1994 and January, 1995. Rotavirus (33percent) and coronavirus (27percent) were the main agents. To our knowledge, this is the first time that these viruses are incriminated in an outbreak of diarrhea
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Assunto principal:
Infecções por Rotavirus
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Surtos de Doenças
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Diarreia Infantil
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Criança
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Humanos
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Lactente
País/Região como assunto:
América Central
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Costa Rica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. biol. trop
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
/
Medicina Tropical
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
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