title: Surveillance of enterovirus circulation in children communities.
abstract: In three children communities covered by a virological study enteroviruses could be isolated from 19.3% of the stool samples, 52.3% of the sewage samples and 9.7% of the samples taken from different objects and surfaces. The isolates belonged to 14 enterovirus serotypes, Coxsackie viruses being predominant. There was a good concordance between the serotypes of enteroviruses shed in the stools and those isolated from the environment. The high epidemiological potential of enteroviruses calls for a surveillance of their circulation in children communities, preferably by the virological monitoring of sewage.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012383:Romania; D012703:Serotyping; D012722:Sewage; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage