Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000
A total of 2,605 faecal specimens from children up to 10 years old with or without diarrhoea were collected. Samples were obtained from 1986 to 2000 in hospitals, outpatient clinics and day-care centers in Goiânia, Goiás. Two methodologies for viral detection were utilized: a combined enzyme immunoassay for rotavirus and adenovirus and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Results showed 374 (14.4%) faecal specimens positive for Rotavirus A, most of them collected from hospitalized children. A significant detection rate of rotavirus during the period from April to August, dry season in Goiânia, and different frequencies of viral detection throughout the years of study were also observed. Rotavirus was significantly related to hospitalization and to diarrhoeal illness in children up to 24 months old. This study reinforces the importance of rotavirus as a cause of diarrhoea in children and may be important in regards to the implementation of rotavirus vaccination strategies in our country.
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2003
|
Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000100004 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
oai:scielo:S0074-02762003000100004 |
---|---|
record_format |
ojs |
spelling |
oai:scielo:S0074-027620030001000042003-04-08Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000Cardoso,Divina das Dôres de PaulaSoares,Célia Maria AlmeidaSouza,Menira Borges de Lima Dias eAzevedo,Marli da Silva Pereira deMartins,Regina Maria BringelQueiróz,Divina Aparecida de OliveiraBrito,Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen deMunford,VeridianaRácz,Maria Lúcia rotavirus gastroenteritis epidemiology seasonality Goiás Brazil A total of 2,605 faecal specimens from children up to 10 years old with or without diarrhoea were collected. Samples were obtained from 1986 to 2000 in hospitals, outpatient clinics and day-care centers in Goiânia, Goiás. Two methodologies for viral detection were utilized: a combined enzyme immunoassay for rotavirus and adenovirus and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Results showed 374 (14.4%) faecal specimens positive for Rotavirus A, most of them collected from hospitalized children. A significant detection rate of rotavirus during the period from April to August, dry season in Goiânia, and different frequencies of viral detection throughout the years of study were also observed. Rotavirus was significantly related to hospitalization and to diarrhoeal illness in children up to 24 months old. This study reinforces the importance of rotavirus as a cause of diarrhoea in children and may be important in regards to the implementation of rotavirus vaccination strategies in our country.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da SaúdeMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.98 n.1 20032003-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000100004en10.1590/S0074-02762003000100004 |
institution |
SCIELO |
collection |
OJS |
country |
Brasil |
countrycode |
BR |
component |
Revista |
access |
En linea |
databasecode |
rev-scielo-br |
tag |
revista |
region |
America del Sur |
libraryname |
SciELO |
language |
English |
format |
Digital |
author |
Cardoso,Divina das Dôres de Paula Soares,Célia Maria Almeida Souza,Menira Borges de Lima Dias e Azevedo,Marli da Silva Pereira de Martins,Regina Maria Bringel Queiróz,Divina Aparecida de Oliveira Brito,Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Munford,Veridiana Rácz,Maria Lúcia |
spellingShingle |
Cardoso,Divina das Dôres de Paula Soares,Célia Maria Almeida Souza,Menira Borges de Lima Dias e Azevedo,Marli da Silva Pereira de Martins,Regina Maria Bringel Queiróz,Divina Aparecida de Oliveira Brito,Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Munford,Veridiana Rácz,Maria Lúcia Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000 |
author_facet |
Cardoso,Divina das Dôres de Paula Soares,Célia Maria Almeida Souza,Menira Borges de Lima Dias e Azevedo,Marli da Silva Pereira de Martins,Regina Maria Bringel Queiróz,Divina Aparecida de Oliveira Brito,Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Munford,Veridiana Rácz,Maria Lúcia |
author_sort |
Cardoso,Divina das Dôres de Paula |
title |
Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000 |
title_short |
Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000 |
title_full |
Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000 |
title_fullStr |
Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000 |
title_sort |
epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in goiânia, goiás, brazil, from 1986 to 2000 |
description |
A total of 2,605 faecal specimens from children up to 10 years old with or without diarrhoea were collected. Samples were obtained from 1986 to 2000 in hospitals, outpatient clinics and day-care centers in Goiânia, Goiás. Two methodologies for viral detection were utilized: a combined enzyme immunoassay for rotavirus and adenovirus and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Results showed 374 (14.4%) faecal specimens positive for Rotavirus A, most of them collected from hospitalized children. A significant detection rate of rotavirus during the period from April to August, dry season in Goiânia, and different frequencies of viral detection throughout the years of study were also observed. Rotavirus was significantly related to hospitalization and to diarrhoeal illness in children up to 24 months old. This study reinforces the importance of rotavirus as a cause of diarrhoea in children and may be important in regards to the implementation of rotavirus vaccination strategies in our country. |
publisher |
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde |
publishDate |
2003 |
url |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000100004 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT cardosodivinadasdoresdepaula epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 AT soaresceliamariaalmeida epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 AT souzameniraborgesdelimadiase epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 AT azevedomarlidasilvapereirade epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 AT martinsreginamariabringel epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 AT queirozdivinaaparecidadeoliveira epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 AT britowiliamartaelsnerdiederichsende epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 AT munfordveridiana epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 AT raczmarialucia epidemiologicalfeaturesofrotavirusinfectioningoianiagoiasbrazilfrom1986to2000 |
_version_ |
1756383442119950336 |