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2831284

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
In a prospective study, all patients admitted to a unit for convalescing newborns on an infant-toddler ward between January and April 1985 were tested every other day for rotavirus (RV) excretion by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RNA electrophoresis of the RV strains identified in this population were analyzed to determine whether specific strains of virus were associated with infections in newborns. RV strains infecting older, symptomatic children from the infant-toddler ward were used for comparison. Among the 39 patients enrolled in the study, RV was detected in the stools of 13 (33%), 11 (86%) of whom were asymptomatic. Three different electropherotypes were seen among the newborns who were RV positive; these electropherotypes were identical to those identified in older children with community-acquired diarrhea and nosocomial-acquired diarrhea who were hospitalized on the infant-toddler ward during the same study period. Each of the three strains was first identified in the general ward and subsequently detected in the room with newborns within three to six days. We failed to identify a particular strain that exclusively infected newborns.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
157
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
668-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus infection in a room for convalescing newborns.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article