title: Twenty year study of the occurrence of reovirus infection in hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Argentina.
abstract: We studied the occurrence of reovirus infection in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Argentina during a 20-year interval (1981 through 2001). Three of 2854 (0.10%) stools were positive for reovirus but negative for adenovirus, astrovirus and rotavirus. Children infected with reovirus were <1 year old; one had meningoencephalitis in addition to gastroenteritis. This study indicates that reovirus is an uncommon cause of childhood gastroenteritis requires medical assistance.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Virología "Dr J M Vanella", Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: Miguel O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: María B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Isa
authors.forename: Leonardo J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Ferreyra
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Canna
authors.forename: Jorge V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Paván
authors.forename: Mirta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paez
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Notario
authors.forename: Silvia V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Nates
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology