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Incidence and estimates of the diease burden of rotavirus in Sweden
Author(s) -
Johansen K,
Bennet R,
Bondesson K,
Eriksson M,
Hedlund KO,
De Verdier Klingenberg K,
Uhnoo I,
Svensson L
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb14321.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rotavirus , incidence (geometry) , serotype , pediatrics , rotavirus infections , epidemiology , demography , diarrhea , virology , physics , sociology , optics
Laboratory and hospitalization data from two children's hospitals with large primary catchment areas and national laboratory and hospitalization data for children under 4 y of age with acute diarrhoea were compiled to estimate the number of hospitalizations and the cost burden associated with rotavirus diarrhoea in Sweden. According to our estimates 1500‐1700 rotavirus‐associated hospitalizations occur annually in Sweden in children under 4 y of age (3.7 hospitalizations/lOOO children/y). This number represents 2.3% of admissions for all diagnoses in children of this age group. The cost of these hospitalizations is 13.5–15 million Swedish crowns (US$1.8–2 million). Serotyping by PCR for two years revealed that serotype 1 (GI) was the most common (49% and 58%, respectively) identified. Serotypes 2‐4 were identified in the following proportions G2 (23% and 5%), G3 (21% and 0%) and G4 (7% and 16%). The national laboratory report data for 1993‐96 show that as much as 7‐13% of rotavirus infections occur in elderly people. □G‐typing, incidence, rotavirus