title: [Incidence of diarrhea among groups of children in the city of Seville].
abstract: We studied prospectively the cases of diarrhoea that were produced during one year of follow-up in three groups of children (31 newborn, 62 of 1 year and 51 of 2 years) selected randomly from the Civil Register of Sevilla. The incidence of diarrhoea was 47 episodes for every 100 children per year, with a peak of higher incidence detected in July and August. Diarrhoea was more frequent in children of low socioeconomic level. The most common producers of diarrhoea were rotavirus (30%) and enteropathogenic E. coli (12%). The most frequent accompanying symptoms of diarrhoea were anorexia (68%), fever (35%), abdominal pain (32%) and vomiting (30%).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Epidemiología Infecciosa, Hospital Universitario de Sevilla.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Márquez Calderón
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: García López
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Dardet Díaz
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Perea Pérez
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011897:Random Allocation; D012107:Research Design; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Incidencia de diarreas en una cohorte de niños en la ciudad de Sevilla.