Estimation of annual incidence, age-specific incidence rate, and cumulative risk of rotavirus gastroenteritis among children in Japan.

Determination of Annual Incidence, Age Specific Incidence Rate and Risk of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis among Children in Iran

A retrospective, hospital-based study to determine the incidence of rotavirus hospitalizations among children less than 5 years of age over a 10-year period (2001-2011) in Akita prefecture, Japan.

Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in children worldwide. This retrospective, cross-sectional study was undertaken in a sentinel hospital that provides the only pediatric beds for the local population with an average of 4,400 children aged <5 years and determined the incidence of rotavirus hospitalizations. Medical charts that recorded acute gastroenteritis cases occur...

Population-based estimates of the cumulative risk of hospitalization potentially associated with rotavirus diarrhea among children living in two cities in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

A 4-year retrospective population-based survey was conducted in two cities in Akita Prefecture, Japan, to estimate the incidence rate and the cumulative risk of hospitalization potentially associated with rotavirus diarrhea. At monthly occasions of the 3-year-old checkup, we asked each parent if his or her child had ever been hospitalized because of rotavirus diarrhea. Based on 3-year follow-up...

The occurrence of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in children under 3 years of age before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine: a prospective observational study in three pediatric clinics in Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

The occurrence of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) in children under 3 years of age before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine was prospectively surveyed in three pediatric clinics in Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, during the 2011 and 2012 RVGE epidemic seasons. In this observational study, a significantly lower occurrence of severe RVGE among severe gastroenteritis...

Incidence of Coinfection between Rotavirus and Some Enteropathogenic Agents in Children Referred to Children Medical Center Hospital, Tehran, 2009

Background and Aims: One of the major causes of acute diarrhea in children during the cold season in Iran is infection by rotavirus. Children infected with rotavirus often require hospitalization. Several studies on human and animals have shown that enterotoxigenic Escherichia.coli and rotavirus are the most common coinfection causing diarrhea. There are other reports indicating occurrence of r...