title: Prevalence of enteric adenoviruses among children with diarrhea in four Brazilian cities.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Enteric adenoviruses are related to child diarrhea and appear to be spread worldwide.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of enteric adenovirus infection among children in four Brazilian cities.
  
  
  METHODS
  stool specimens were collected from children under 5 years of age with acute diarrhea.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Enteric adenoviruses were detected in 1.55% (n=1420) of the samples analyzed indicating the circulation of these viruses among Brazilian children in association to diarrheal disease. These agents were isolated throughout the year demonstrating no specific seasonal distribution. Also, no pattern of serotype distribution between the cities was observed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Virologia, Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, CCS-Bl. I, IIha do Fundão, RJ, 21.941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Caroline C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Eduardo M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Volotão
authors.forename: Maria Carolina M
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.forename: Fabiano M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Tatiane R B
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Nozawa
authors.forename: Rosa E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Linhares
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D014505:Urban Population