title: [Epidemiology of rotavirus infections in the Federal District, Brazil].
abstract: Rotavirus testing was performed on fecal samples of 607 infants and young children aging from 0 to 6 years with acute diarrhoea between May 1986 and April 1990. Samples were analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Rotaviruses were detected in 123 samples (20.27%); from those, 107 (87.00%) were classified as subgroup II (long profile). Rotaviruses were not detected in the control group of healthy children, but it were present in 7.80% of the children hospitalized for other causes but acute diarrhoea. Most of the children with rotavirus infection ranged from 6 to 24 months of age (73.98%). The mean of positive cases during the rainy months (October to April) was of 9.60% and during the dry period was of 34.48%. The highest values were 53.17 and 73.27% in June and July, the coldest months of the year.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: de Figueiredo
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Câmara
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012621:Seasons
vernacular_title: Aspectos epidemiológicos das infecções por rotavírus no Distrito Federal, Brasil.