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Burden of human rotavirus‐associated hospitalizations in three geographic regions of Hungary
Author(s) -
Szücs G,
Új M,
Mihály I
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.tb14328.x
Subject(s) - rotavirus , medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , reoviridae , rotavirus infections , diarrhea , rotavirus vaccine , epidemiology , immunization , demography , virology , immunology , antigen , physics , sociology , optics
Data on hospital admissions and laboratory reports were used to estimate the number of hospitalizations of children aged 14 y or less in three geographic regions of Hungary due to group A rotavirus infection. Between January 1993 and December 1996, 9182 hospitalizations for gastroenteritis occurred, of which 1946 (21%) were associated with rotavirus infection. Most (90%) ofthe rotavirus detections were among children aged 4 y or less. By extrapolation, an estimated 5000 rotavirus‐related hospitalizations (8.4/1000 children aged 4 y or less/y) occurred in Hungary during the study period. Marked seasonality of rotavirus infections was observed, with a peak of incidence from December to February. Rotaviruses with “long” RNA electropherotypes predominated each year, but in 1995/1996 20% of electropherotypes in the Budapest area were “short”. Effective surveillance is required for all children hospitalized for diarrhoea as part of a rotavirus immunization program in Hungary. □ Age group, burden, electropherotypes, Hungaiy, region, rotavirus, season