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Title: | Red de laboratorios de rotavirus: resultados después de un año de observación | Other Titles: | Rotavirus laboratory network: results after one year of observation | Authors: | Bok, Karin Castagnaro, N C Diaz, N E Borsa, Ana Cagnoli, M R Nates, Silvia V Yudowski, Silvia L. Espul, Carlos Cuello, Héctor Fay, O Brunet, B Ues, O C Santoro, R Grinstein, S Gonzalez, F Miceli, Isabel N. P. Gomez, Jorge A. |
Keywords: | Rotavirus;Diarrea Infantil;Vacunas;Infecciones por Rotavirus | Issue Date: | 1999 | Journal: | Revista Argentina de microbiologia | Abstract: | Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea in children and it has been estimated that in Argentina Rotavirus is responsible for 21,000 hospitalizations, 85,000 medical attentions and an annual medical cost of US$ 27 millions. Given that a Rotavirus vaccine is about to be approved, a laboratory network based surveillance system was organized. Herein, we present the results after one year of study. Severe diarrhea was responsible for 9% of pediatric hospitalizations and rotavirus was detected in 42.1% of the diarrhea cases. We estimated that Rotavirus causes 3.8% of pediatric hospitalizations. The number of diarrhea and Rotavirus diarrhea hospitalizations was greater during the first year of life (62% and 71.3%, respectively). The number of diarrhea hospitalizations during the December-May semester was significantly higher than the rest of the year. A Rotavirus diarrhea peak was detected between April and June. These results indicate that Rotavirus is the most important etiological agent of severe diarrhea in Argentine children and show the importance of performing Rotavirus diagnosis in every pediatric hospital. The additional costs will be compensated by many benefits such as better use of antibiotics, improved nosocomial spread control, better handling of hospital beds and of laboratory resources and of the hospitalized patient. |
Description: | Fil: Bok, Karin. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Virología; Argentina. Fil: Castagnaro, N C. Instituto de Virología Luis C. Verna, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Argentina Fil: Diaz, N E. Departamento de Inmunoquímica, Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología; Cuba. Fil: Borsa, Ana. Laboratorio de Virología, Hospital Infantil Sor María Ludovica, La Plata; Argentina Fil: Nates, Silvia V. Instituto de Virología JM Vanella, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina Fil: Espul, Carlos. Sección Sección Virología, Hospital Central de Mendoza; Argentina Fil: Cuello, Héctor. Hospital Central. Sección Virología; Argentina. Fil: Fay O. Centro Tecnológico de Salud Pública, Rosario; Argentina Fil: Brunet, B. Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Infantil Víctor J. Vilela, Rosario; Argentina Fil: Ues, O C. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología; Argentina. Fil: Santoro, R. Departamento de Mecanismos Moleculares de Enfermedades, DMMD, Universidad de Zurich; Suiza. Fil: Grinstein, S. Laboratorio de Virología, Hospital de Niños, Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Gonzalez, F. Instituto de Virología, CICVyA, INTA-Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fil: Miceli, Isabel N. P. Dirección de Epidemiología, Ministerio de Salud, Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Gomez, Jorge A. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Virología; Argentina. |
URI: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/1851 | ISSN: | 0325-7541 | Rights: | Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
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