Winter seasonality and rotavirus diarrhoea in adults.
Lancet
; 357(9272): 1950, 2001 Jun 16.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11425422
ABSTRACT
We investigated the aetiological role of group A rotavirus in adults with acute diarrhoea in a 4-year prospective study. Of 683 patients with acute diarrhoea, 97 (14%) shed rotavirus as a sole agent, whereas six (5%) of 115 patients without diarrhoea shed rotavirus. Half of patients with rotavirus diarrhoea required admission to hospital. Unlike rotavirus diarrhoea in children, the occurrence of rotavirus-positive cases did not show a significant winter seasonality. Rotavirus infection should be included in the differential diagnosis of diarrhoeal diseases in adults.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
2_ODS3
/
3_ND
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rotavirus Infections
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Seasons
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Diarrhea
Type of study:
Incidence_studies
/
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
/
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Lancet
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article