https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/194472
標題: | Sentinel Hospital Surveillance for Rotavirus Diarrhea in Taiwan, 2001- 2003 | 作者: | CHEN, HOUR-YOUNG LEE, PING-ING CHEN, PO-YEN CHEN, KOW-TONG |
公開日期: | 2005 | 卷: | v.192 | 起(迄)頁: | S44-S48 | 來源出版物: | THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 摘要: | We examined the epidemiological profile of rotavirus infection among children hospitalized for diarrhea in Taiwan , to assess the burden of this disease. From 1 April 2001 through 31 March 2003, children <5 years old with gastroenteritis admitted to 4 sentinel hospitals were enrolled in a surveillance study and had stool specimens tested for the presence of rotavirus, enteric adenovirus, and the bacterial pathogens for which routine screening is performed. For 52% of patients, a recognized enteric pathogen was identified, including rotavirus (43% of patients), bacteria ( 11%), enteric adenovirus (2.5%), and a mixture of pathogens (3.9%). Rotavirus was detected year- round, but great month-to-month variability made it difficult to identify a distinct seasonal pattern. Rotavirus disease was most common among children 723 months old, but the rate of rotavirus detection varied little between the youngest and oldest age groups. The novel strain P[8]G9 was detected most commonly (37% of strains ), followed by strains P[8]G1 (31%), P[4]G2 (10%), P[8]G3 (9.3%), and P[8] G4 (3.7% ). Rotavirus infection is the most important cause of diarrhea among hospitalized children in Taiwan, and a rotavirus vaccination program for young children might significantly reduce this problem. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/88663 |
顯示於: | 醫學系 |
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