Publication details
Rotavirové gastroenteritidy – význam a možnosti prevence
| Title in English | Rotavirus gastroenteritis – significance and options of prevention |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Pediatrie pro praxi |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Epidemiology, infectious diseases and clinical immunology |
| Keywords | rotavirus; gastroenteritis; RotaTeq; Rotarix; efficacy |
| Description | We performed a retrospective analysis of the etiology of acute gastroenteritides (GE) in patients hospitalized at the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases of the Brno University Hospital in 2011. Rotavirus was shown in 35.8 % of them, with 91 % being children up to five years of age and 73 % children up to three years of age; the majority of patients were between six and 30 months old. Typically, most of the patients were hospitalized during the period December to May. Rotavirus is the most frequent causative agent of GE as well as pediatric death in the world. Worldwide, an average of 611,000 children die of RVGE annually, most of them in developing countries. In developed countries, the economic and emotional/social burden is an issue. An effective method of prevention is vaccination. |