title: Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000.
abstract: A total of 2,605 faecal specimens from children up to 10 years old with or without diarrhoea were collected. Samples were obtained from 1986 to 2000 in hospitals, outpatient clinics and day-care centers in Goiânia, Goiás. Two methodologies for viral detection were utilized: a combined enzyme immunoassay for rotavirus and adenovirus and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Results showed 374 (14.4%) faecal specimens positive for Rotavirus A, most of them collected from hospitalized children. A significant detection rate of rotavirus during the period from April to August, dry season in Goiânia, and different frequencies of viral detection throughout the years of study were also observed. Rotavirus was significantly related to hospitalization and to diarrhoeal illness in children up to 24 months old. This study reinforces the importance of rotavirus as a cause of diarrhoea in children and may be important in regards to the implementation of rotavirus vaccination strategies in our country.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Virologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil. divina@netgo.com.br
authors.forename: Divina das Dôres de Paula
authors.initials: Dd
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Célia Maria Almeida
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Menira Borges de Lima
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Dias e Souza
authors.forename: Marli da Silva Pereira
authors.initials: Mda S
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.forename: Regina Maria Bringel
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Divina Aparecida de Oliveira
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Queiróz
authors.forename: Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: de Brito
authors.forename: Veridiana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Munford
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rácz
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons