title: Incidence assessment of rotavirus and adenovirus associated acute gastroenteritis cases in early childhood.
abstract: This study was undertaken to give an insight into the incidence of acute gastroenteritis cases of rotaviral/adenoviral aetiology in patients presenting to the emergency room of an inner-city government teaching hospital. Group A rotavirus and adenovirus serotype 40-41 antigen results were obtained via immunochromatography. In 2007, there were 1543 patients with gastroenteritis between 0-5 years of age whose stool samples were tested for rota and adenovirus, of whom 386 (25%) had positive stool samples for rotavirus, and 133 (8.6%) for adenovirus serotype 40-41. The majority of rotavirus (74.6%) and adenovirus (73%) cases were between 0-2 years of age. The peak season for rotavirus gastroenteritis was January (44%) and February (50.6%), whereas July (9.7%) and August (9%) were months of low incidence. For enteric adenoviral infections summer was the peak season, with August (20.9%) and July (17.3%) being the foremost months. Among the viral gastroenteritis cases, rotavirus infections were in the majority. A seasonal trend emerges for viral gastroenteritis: Rota virus infections are most frequently seen in winter whereas adenoviral infections prefer summer months. Both viruses mostly affect children up to 2 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Bakirkoy Obstetrics and Pediatrics Research and Training Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bicer
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koncay
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gemici
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Siraneci
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sevketoglu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons