Epidemiological characteristics of rotavirus infection in infants with diarrhea in Guilin area / 国际检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the epidemiologic features of infant rotavirus(RV) diarrhea in Guilin area .Methods The detection of group A rotavirus were performed on 1 300 patients from Guilin 181st hospital by using immune colloidal gold method , and the epidemiological analysis were done according to the detection results .Results In the 1 300 patients ,132 were found rotavir‐us positive ,the total positive rate was 10 .15% .The positive rate of >1-2 years old group was the highest(23 .08% ) ,compared with other age groups(P<0 .05) .In November ,December and January ,the positive rates were 24 .14% ,20 .00% ,23 .53% ,respec‐tively .Compared with the positive rate in other months ,there was statistically significant difference(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Infants of 6 months to less than 2 years old in Guilin have higher detection rate of RV infection ,and the infection peak appears in autumn and w inter .