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Among 616 specimens from children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis, 13.8% shed rotavirus and 6.5% shed subgroup F adenovirus, with multiple circulating genome types identified.
Cross-Sectional (n=616)
The study characterizes the prevalence and genetic diversity of rotaviruses and subgroup F adenoviruses in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in South Africa.
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Baseline data on rotavirus and adenovirus shedding in South African children; extends strain surveillance but leaves open vaccine impact.
Six hundred and sixteen specimens were collected from black children hospitalised with acute gastroenteritis during the summer and autumn of 1982-1983 (October to May). Eighty-five children (13.8%) shed rotavirus and at least 40 (6.5%) shed adenovirus (Ad) type 40 or 41 belonging to subgroup F. The highest monthly prevalence of shedding subgroup F adenoviruses (10.1%) coincided with a peak in admissions in midsummer, whereas the highest monthly prevalence of shedding rotaviruses (41.9%) coincided with a peak in admissions in autumn. There were at least five genome types of rotavirus, at least three genome types of Ad40, and at least five genome types of Ad41 circulating in the Johannesburg-Soweto area during the study period. The high rate of rotavirus shedding in autumn could not be attributed to an upsurge in infections by any particular rotavirus strain.
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Kidd et al. (1986) conducted a cross-sectional in Acute gastroenteritis (n=616). Rotavirus and subgroup F adenovirus infection was evaluated on Prevalence of rotavirus and adenovirus shedding. Among 616 specimens from children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis, 13.8% shed rotavirus and 6.5% shed subgroup F adenovirus, with multiple circulating genome types identified.
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