Rotavirus associated diarrhoea during infancy in the city of S. Luís (MA), Brazil: a two-year longitudinal study

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Klaus Eberhard Stewien²  Luís C.f. Da Cunha¹  Aymoré De C. Alvim¹  Stelito A. Dos Reis Filho¹  Maria A.b. Alvim¹  Alice A.p. Brandão¹  Maria De N.r. Neiva¹ 

[1] ,University of São Paulo Institute of Biomedical Sciences Department of MicrobiologySão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: Rotavirus;    Diarrhoea;    Seasonal distribution;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651991000600006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A total of 479 diarrhoeic children and 337 children without diarrhoea (controls) less than 5 years old were investigated in a two-year study in the city of S. Luís (MA), with the purpose to determine the incidence, the age distribution and the seasonality of rotaviruses, as well as to establish the severity of the disease in this region between the North and the Northeast of Brazil. rotavirus incidence was highest in children of the 1st. year of life, showing an average of 25% per year among the diarrhoeic patients attending the two main hospitals and three health units at the periphery of the city. It was shown that rotaviruses are significant enteropathogens in children less than 18 months old. Frequency of rotaviruses droped in diarrhoeic patients 18 to 23 months old to only 4%, the same percentage observed in children of the control group. A typical seasonal distribution of rotaviruses was not seen during the two years of study. There was a peak in the incidence of rotaviruses in 1986, during the rainy season, and two peaks in 1987, one in the rainy season and one in the dry season. It was also shown that severity of diarrhoea in rotavirus positive cases was higher than in the negative cases. Rotavirus diarrhoeic patients had more loose stools per day, and higher frequencies of vomiting and fever, resulting more often (> 2 times) in moderate or severe dehydration. Finally, it is concluded that the introduction of immunoprophylaxis may reduce significantly the high mortality rates in early childhood observed in S. Luís.

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