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Nosocomial Infection by Rotavirus and Adenovirus Within One Month
Author(s) -
Ushijima Hiroshi,
Shinozaki Tatsuhiko,
Araki Kazuko,
Kondo Yasuo,
Kobayashi Masaaki,
Abe Toshiaki
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1988.tb02491.x
Subject(s) - medicine , serotype , virology , outbreak , rotavirus , serology , acute gastroenteritis , epidemiology , virus , pediatrics , immunology , antibody
We experienced a small outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in December 1985 in hospitalized children. Two different serotypes of rotavirus and two serotypes of adenovirus were found by molecular epidemiological and serological studies. Four patients were considered to have two serotypes of rotavirus. The results showed that a single strain of a virus was not always the cause of nosocomial infection.