title: Epidemiology of cocirculating human rotaviruses in Iran.
abstract: Rotaviruses are a major cause of severe diarrhea in children <5 years of age worldwide. The rotavirus positivity rate in Iran was 15.3% to 67.6% in all patients <5 years of age hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis, which was significantly higher than recorded in outpatient departments. Moreover, the most commonly detected genotype was G1P[8], although in a single study a peak prevalence of the G4P[8] genotype was reported.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. zshoja@razi.tums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Zabihollah
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shoja
authors.forename: Somayeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jalilvand
authors.forename: Talat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mokhtari-Azad
authors.forename: Rakhshandeh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nategh
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*