Winter seasonality and rotavirus diarrhoea in adults.
We investigated the aetiological role of group A rotavirus in adults with acute diarrhoea in a 4-year prospective study. Of 683 patients with acute diarrhoea, 97 (14%) shed rotavirus as a sole agent, whereas six (5%) of 115 patients without diarrhoea shed rotavirus. Half of patients with rotavirus diarrhoea required admission to hospital. Unlike rotavirus diarrhoea in children, the occurrence of rotavirus-positive cases did not show a significant winter seasonality. Rotavirus infection should be included in the differential diagnosis of diarrhoeal diseases in adults.
Nakajima
H
H
Nakagomi
T
T
Kamisawa
T
T
Sakaki
N
N
Muramoto
K
K
Mikami
T
T
Nara
H
H
Nakagomi
O
O
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D017201:Virus Shedding