Rotavirus epidemiology in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 646-648

  Noyola, Daniel E ^a,b   Herrera, Ismael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CENTRAL DR IGNACIO MORONES PRIETO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gastroenteritis; Mexico; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 22244459906     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168841.84462.ad     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Kosek M, Bern C, Guerrant RL. The global burden of diarrhoeal disease, as estimated from studies published between 1992 and 2000. Bull World Health Organ. 2003;81:197-204.
2. Bingnan F, Unicomb L, Rahim Z, et al. Rotavirus-associated diarrhea in rural Bangladesh: two-year study of incidence and serotype distribution. J Clin Microbiol. 1991;29:1359-1363.
3. Black RE, Merson MH, Rahman AS, et al. A two-year study of bacterial, viral and parasitic agents associated with diarrhea in rural Bangladesh. J Infect Dis. 1980;142:660-664.
4. Kapikian AZ. Viral gastroenteritis. JAMA. 1993;269:627-630.
5. Parashar UD, Hummelman EG, Bresee JS, Miller MA, Glass RI. Global illness and deaths caused by rotavirus disease in children. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003;9:565-572.
6. Bartlett AV 3rd, Reves RR, Pickering LK. Rotavirus in infant-toddler day care centers: epidemiology relevant to disease control strategies. J Pediatr. 1988;113:435-441.
7. Kapikian AZ, Kim HW, Wyatt RG, et al. Human reovirus-like agent as the major pathogen associated with "winter" gastroenteritis in hospitalized infants and young children. N Engl J Med. 1976;294:965-972.
8. Houly C, Grunert B, Werchau H, Mietens C, Brussow H, Hilpert H. Epidemiology of rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants from the area of Bochum as revealed by electrophoresis of genome RNA. Eur J Pediatr. 1984;143:128-132.
9. Konno T, Suzuki H, Katsushima N, et al. Influence of temperature and relative humidity on human rotavirus infection in Japan. J Infect Dis. 1983;147:125-128.
10. LeBaron CW, Lew J, Glass RI, Weber JM, Ruiz-Palacios GM. Annual rotavirus epidemic patterns in North America: results of a 5-year retrospective survey of 88 centers in Canada, Mexico and the United States. JAMA. 1990;264:983-988.
11. Matson DO, Estes MK, Burns JW, et al. Serotype variation of human group A rotaviruses in two regions of the United States. J Infect Dis. 1990;162:605-614.
12. Raul Velazquez F, Calva JJ, Lourdes Guerrero M, et al. Cohort study of rotavirus serotype patterns in symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in Mexican children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1993;12:54-61.
13. Villa S, Guiscafre H, Martinez H, Muñoz O, Gutierrez G. Seasonal diarrhoeal mortality among Mexican children. Bull World Health Organ. 1999;77:375-380.