title: [Prospective study of rotaviral infections in children hospitalized at the Clinic of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in Białystok in 2003].
abstract: Rotavirus is the most common gastrointestinal pathogen in infants and young children. The aim of this study was to determine the role of rotavirus in acute diarrhea in children hospitalized in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic in Bialystok. 658 children aged 0-7 years admitted to the ward: 466 children with gastroenteritis and another 192 without any diarrheic symptoms were tested for rotavirus infection by latex agglutination. Rotavirus was detected in 16.1% stool specimens collected from children with acute diarrhea. None of patients without diarrhea was positive for rotavirus on admission--2% of this patients acquired symptomatic rotavirus infection during hospitalization. This study delivers epidemiological data on rotavirus infection and shows the need of further study on etiology of viral gastroenteritis in children in our district.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Obserwacyjno-Zakaźna Dzieci Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku. kloz@amb.edu.pl
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sulik
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ołdak
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rozkiewicz
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skorochodzki
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kurzatkowska
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013997:Time Factors