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Artículos
Título:
The epidemiology of acute viral gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Cordoba City, Argentina: an insight of disease burden.
Autor/es:
GIORDANO MO,; FERREYRA LJ,; ISA MB; MARTINEZ LC ; YUDOWSKY SI, ; NATES SV.
Editorial:
INST MEDICINA TROPICAL SAO PAULO
Referencias:
Lugar: São Paulo; Año: 2001 vol. 43 p. 193 - 193
Resumen:
ev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2001 Jul-Aug;43(4):193-7. The epidemiology of acute viral gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Cordoba City, Argentina: an insight of disease burden. Giordano MO1, Ferreyra LJ, Isa MB, Martinez LC, Yudowsky SI, Nates SV. Author information Abstract Information concerning the disease burden of viral gastroenteritis has important implications for the use and monitoring the impact of public health policies. The present study, carried out in Córdoba city, Argentina, documents the epidemiology of severe viral diarrhea as well as the burden of viral gastrointestinal disease in the hospital children admission. A total of 133 stools were collected from hospitalized children (Town Childhood Hospital) suffering from acute diarrhea and studied for the presence of Group A rotavirus, astrovirus and adenovirus 40/41 by enzyme-immuno assay, between November 1997 and October 1998. Enteric viruses accounted for 42.1% of the total diarrheal cases analyzed. Group