Acute infantile diarrhea caused by rotavirus in a pediatric population of Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico

The frequency and clinical characteristics of rotavirus infections were studied in 150 infants hospitalized in the General Hospital "Agustin O'Horán" SSA in Mérida, Yucatán, México, because of acute gastroenteritis during 1986. Rotavirus was detected in 32% of all subjects tested. Rot...

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Published inBoletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México (Spanish edition) Vol. 46; no. 3; p. 171
Main Authors Puerto, F I, Polanco-Marín, G G, Puerto-Solís, M R, Ortega-Acosta, G, Góngora-Biachi, R A
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Mexico 01.03.1989
Subjects
Acute Disease
Diarrhea, Infantile - microbiology
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mexico
Rotavirus Infections - complications
Mexico
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Summary:The frequency and clinical characteristics of rotavirus infections were studied in 150 infants hospitalized in the General Hospital "Agustin O'Horán" SSA in Mérida, Yucatán, México, because of acute gastroenteritis during 1986. Rotavirus was detected in 32% of all subjects tested. Rotavirus was detected in all months studied. An age-related incidence peak was observed between 7 and 24 months and the infection proved to prevail within the rural area. The clinical pictures were analyzed. We consider it necessary to carry out many more studies in our country in order to obtain reliable knowledge of this problem.
ISSN:0539-6115