

@article {447,
	title = {Incidence assessment of rotavirus and adenovirus associated acute gastroenteritis cases in early childhood},
	journal = {Le infezioni in medicina : rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive},
	volume = {19},
	number = {2},
	year = {2011},
	note = {3},
	pages = {113-9},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {This study was undertaken to give an insight into the incidence of acute gastroenteritis cases of rotaviral/adenoviral aetiology in patients presenting to the emergency room of an inner-city government teaching hospital. Group A rotavirus and adenovirus serotype 40-41 antigen results were obtained via immunochromatography. In 2007, there were 1543 patients with gastroenteritis between 0-5 years of age whose stool samples were tested for rota and adenovirus, of whom 386 (25\%) had positive stool samples for rotavirus, and 133 (8.6\%) for adenovirus serotype 40-41. The majority of rotavirus (74.6\%) and adenovirus (73\%) cases were between 0-2 years of age. The peak season for rotavirus gastroenteritis was January (44\%) and February (50.6\%), whereas July (9.7\%) and August (9\%) were months of low incidence. For enteric adenoviral infections summer was the peak season, with August (20.9\%) and July (17.3\%) being the foremost months. Among the viral gastroenteritis cases, rotavirus infections were in the majority. A seasonal trend emerges for viral gastroenteritis: Rota virus infections are most frequently seen in winter whereas adenoviral infections prefer summer months. Both viruses mostly affect children up to 2 years.},
	issn = {1124-9390},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://MEDLINE:21753251},
	author = {Bicer, S. and Sahin, G. T. and Koncay, B. and Gemici, H. and Siraneci, R. and Ozturk, N. Y. and Sevketoglu, E.}
}
