Rotavirus infection in neonates at a university hospital in Korea.
To develop measures to prevent neonatal rotavirus infection, we carried out rotavirus surveillance testing on all the newborns who were admitted to a newborn nursery in Korea during 1 year. We investigated the characteristics of neonatal rotavirus infection and found that it occurred throughout the year with the G4P[6] strain exclusively. Most newborns were infected nosocomially and showed no symptoms. We concluded that rotavirus might be transmitted from asymptomatic infected newborns who were born outside the hospital. We recommend isolation and rotavirus surveillance testing for all transfer patients.
Kim
Chang-Ryul
CR
Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. crkim@hanyang.ac.kr
Oh
Jae Won
JW
Yum
Myung Kul
MK
Lee
Jung Han
JH
Kang
Jung Oak
JO
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology