Title: Epidemiological Characteristics of Human Rotavirus- Diarrhea in Infants
Abstract: Objective To detect the human rotavirus of stool in 200 infants with diarrhea,to summarize its epidemiological characteristics. Methods From July 2011 to July 2013,a total of 200 infants with diarrhea selected from two hospitals monitoring diarrhea of Guangdong Provincial Infectious Disease system,and their stool detected for human rotavirus. Results In the 200 infants with diarrhea,143 cases checked out of human rotavirus,the positive rate was 71. 5%,and infants with egg-water like stool occupied for 88. 2%. In the 143 cases with positive human rotavirus,18 cases( 12. 6%) was 0 to five- month old,117 cases( 81. 8%) was six- month old to two- year old,5 cases( 3. 5%) was three to five- year- old,and 3 cases( 2. 1%) was older than five-year old; the onset time of 15 cases( 10.5%) was February to April,19 cases( 13.3%) was May to July,51 cases( 35. 7%) was August to October,and 58 cases( 40. 6%) was November to January. Conclusion Human rotavirus is the major cause of diarrhea in infants,most of them has egg- water like stool,infants aged six- month old to two- year old have a higher morbidity,and human rotavirus- diarrhea occurred more frequently in autumn and winter.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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