Health care-associated rotavirus illness in pediatric inpatients in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
A longitudinal study of health care-associated transmission of rotaviruses (RVs) in pediatric inpatients 0-48 months old in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland showed that almost one third of all cases occurred in patients 2 months old or younger. The effectiveness of vaccination against RV from 2 months of age onward remains to be evaluated.
Foppa
Ivo M
IM
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. ifoppa@sc.edu
Karmaus
Wilfried
W
Ehlken
Birgit
B
Fruhwirth
Martin
M
Heininger
Ulrich
U
Plenge-Bonig
Anita
A
Forster
Johannes
J
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission