Rotavirus Infection in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis in Ecuador *
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 30 (1) , 293-294
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1981.30.293
Abstract
Electron microscipic examination of stools of 702 infants and young children hospitalized in the Emergency Service of the Alejandro Mann Children's Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, between August 1978 and October 1979 showed rotavirus to be present in 148 (21.1%). During the study period rotavirus was detected throughout the year, with no distinct seasonal variation. In addition to rotavirus, adenovirus was detected in stools of five (0.7%) of the patients and unidentified small round virus particles in seven (1.0%).This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Comparison of Human Rotavirus Disease in Tropical and Temperate SettingsArchives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1978
- Aetiology of acute gastroenteritis in infancy and early childhood in southern India.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1977