Twenty year study of the occurrence of reovirus infection in hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Argentina.
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.
Giordano
Miguel O
MO
Instituto de Virología "Dr J M Vanella", Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
Martínez
Laura C
LC
Isa
María B
MB
Ferreyra
Leonardo J
LJ
Canna
Fernando
F
Paván
Jorge V
JV
Paez
Mirta
M
Notario
Rodolfo
R
Nates
Silvia V
SV
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