The epidemiology of acute viral gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Cordoba city, Argentina: an insight of disease burden

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Miguel O. Giordano²  Leonardo J. Ferreyra²  María B. Isa²  Laura C. Martinez²  Silvia I. Yudowsky¹  Silvia V. Nates² 

[1] ,Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Instituto de Virología 'Dr. José M. Vanella'Córdoba,Argentina

关键词: Viral diarrhea;    Children inpatients;    Rotavirus;    Astrovirus;    Enteric adenovirus;    Argentina;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652001000400003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Information concerning the disease burden of viral gastroenteritis has important implications for the use and monitoring the impact of public health policies. The present study, carried out in Córdoba city, Argentina, documents the epidemiology of severe viral diarrhea as well as the burden of viral gastrointestinal disease in the hospital children admission. A total of 133 stools were collected from hospitalized children (Town Childhood Hospital) suffering from acute diarrhea and studied for the presence of Group A rotavirus, astrovirus and adenovirus 40/41 by enzyme-immuno assay, between November 1997 and October 1998. Enteric viruses accounted for 42.1% of the total diarrheal cases analyzed. Group A rotaviruses, astroviruses, adenoviruses 40/41 and mixed infections were found in 35.3, 4.5, 1.5, and 0.8% studied specimens respectively. We estimated that 1 in 27 children in the 0-35 month-old cohort/range would be annually hospitalized for a viral gastroenteritis illness. The major impact on viral diarrhea lies on rotaviral infection, accouting for 84.0% of the viral diarrheal cases analyzed and for approximately one third of severe diarrheas requiring hospital admission in Córdoba City, Argentina.

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