Prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea among outpatients and hospitalized patients: a comparison.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2001 Sep; 32(3): 494-9
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-31905
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea was compared in two settings, among children attending outpatient clinics and those hospitalized (inpatients) at Pune, India. A total of 489 and 628 fecal specimens were collected during October 1993 to September 1996 from outpatients and inpatients respectively. Overall occurrence of rotavirus diarrhea was more among hospitalized children. Using the stratification on the variable age, it is shown that age is indeed a confounding variable. The important finding of the study was, in < or = 6 months age group, it was observed that the occurrence of rotavirus diarrhea was more in the outpatients (30.26%) than among the inpatients (10.11%). Children of this age group are likely to be partially protected by maternal antibodies. The effect of seasonality and sex distribution did not differ in the two settings. It was found that G2 serotype was the major cause of diarrhea among the outpatients.
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Assunto principal:
Pacientes Ambulatoriais
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Infecções por Rotavirus
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Prevalência
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Diarreia
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Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial
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Hospitalização
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Índia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
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