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Acute gastroenteritis and enteric viruses in hospitalised children in southern Brazil: aetiology, seasonality and clinical outcomes

Overview of attention for article published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, July 2014
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Title
Acute gastroenteritis and enteric viruses in hospitalised children in southern Brazil: aetiology, seasonality and clinical outcomes
Published in
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, July 2014
DOI 10.1590/0074-0276140066
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Authors

Sonia Maria Raboni, Guilherme Augusto Costa Damasio, Carla EO Ferreira, Luciane A Pereira, Meri B Nogueira, Luine R Vidal, Cristina R Cruz, Sergio M Almeida

Abstract

Viral acute gastroenteritis (AG) is a significant cause of hospitalisation in children younger than five years. Group A rotavirus (RVA) is responsible for 30% of these cases. Following the introduction of RVA immunisation in Brazil in 2006, a decreased circulation of this virus has been observed. However, AG remains an important cause of hospitalisation of paediatric patients and only limited data are available regarding the role of other enteric viruses in these cases. We conducted a prospective study of paediatric patients hospitalised for AG. Stool samples were collected to investigate human adenovirus (HAdV), RVA, norovirus (NoV) and astrovirus (AstV). NoV typing was performed by nucleotide sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. From the 225 samples tested, 60 (26%) were positive for at least one viral agent. HAdV, NoV, RVA and AstV were detected in 16%, 8%, 6% and 0% of the samples, respectively. Mixed infections were found in nine patients: HAdV/RVA (5), HAdV/NoV (3) and HAdV/NoV/RVA (1). The frequency of fever and lymphocytosis was significantly higher in virus-infected patients. Phylogenetic analysis of NoV indicated that all of these viruses belonged to genotype GII.4. The significant frequency of these pathogens in patients with AG highlights the need to routinely implement laboratory investigations.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 3 5%
Unknown 57 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 22%
Student > Bachelor 12 20%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 13%
Student > Master 6 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 7%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 8 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 18%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 5%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 10 17%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 July 2022.
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#3,434,840
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#85
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#32,974
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Outputs of similar age from Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
#5
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