First detection of group C rotavirus in children with acute diarrhea in Spain.
Group C rotavirus causes sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute diarrhea in children and adults in many countries, but has never been detected among children in Spain. In a recently conducted surveillance study to screen fecal specimens for bacteria and viruses from a cohort of 822 young children who were treated for acute diarrhea in Madrid, no pathogens were detected in fecal specimens from 238 (29%) children. In this study, we examined 147 of those specimens for group C rotavirus by EIA and PCR and found 22 (15%) were positive. Our findings demonstrate that group C rotavirus is an important cause of childhood diarrhea in Spain.
Sánchez-Fauquier
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Viral Gastroenteritis Section, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Madrid, Spain.
Roman
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Colomina
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Wilhelmi
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Glass
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Jiang
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D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology