Diagnosis of rotavirus infections and their reporting in the Czech Republic in 2001

In 2001 in 44 laboratories in the CR by laboratory methods 2,250 rotavirus infections were confirmed. From the total number of diagnostic departments 37, i.e. 84.1% use latex agglutination. Among the examined subjects children under 3 years predominated a positive finding being confirmed in 23.0%. T...

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Published inEpidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie Vol. 52; no. 1; p. 9
Main Author Pazdiora, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageCzech
Published Czech Republic 01.02.2003
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Czech Republic - epidemiology
Disease Notification
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Infant
Latex Fixation Tests
Middle Aged
Rotavirus Infections - diagnosis
Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology
Czech Republic
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Summary:In 2001 in 44 laboratories in the CR by laboratory methods 2,250 rotavirus infections were confirmed. From the total number of diagnostic departments 37, i.e. 84.1% use latex agglutination. Among the examined subjects children under 3 years predominated a positive finding being confirmed in 23.0%. The specific morbidity in this age group was 651.3 cases/100,000/year. The hygiene service received in the course of the year 851 notifications of sporadic cases and 72 infections which developed in three epidemics. As to infections confirmed by laboratory examinations only 39.3% were notified. Probably also one imported case of the disease was recorded, no death was reported.
ISSN:1210-7913