title: [Diagnosis of rotavirus infections in 2004, major characteristics in 1998-2004 in the Czech Republic].
abstract: In 2004, 3,821 rotavirus infections were laboratory confirmed in 59 laboratories of the Czech Republic. Latex agglutination test is used by 34, i.e. 57.6%, of these diagnostic laboratories. Children under 3 years of age prevailed among the persons tested and positivity was confirmed in 20.8% of these children. Specific morbidity in this age group was 675 cases/100.000 population/year. As many as 2,146 sporadic cases and 413 cases from 17 outbreaks were reported to the Public Health Service in 2004. Altogether 57.9% of laboratory confirmed infections were reported. Nine probably imported cases and two fatal cases (in a 96-year-old woman and a 8-month-old boy) were recorded. Data from 1998-2004 confirm concern about rotavirus infections. The incidence rates of rotavirus infections peaked between January and May during the study period.
authors.affiliation: Ujstav epidemiologie LF UK v Plzni. pazdiora@fnplzen.cz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pazdiora
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology