Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children
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Natura: | artículo original |
Status: | Versión publicada |
Data di pubblicazione: | 1997 |
Descrizione: | In Costa Rica, an annual outbreak of infant diarrheal disease (December and January) was reported since 1976, and rotavirus was incriminated 1ater as the main etiological agent (1976-1981). Apparently the disease has not been systematically studied in Costa Rica after 1981. For that reason the occurrence of the outbreak was retrospective1y documented for 1993-1995 and etiology was studied in 48 children treated for diarrhea at the Nacional Children Hospital (capital city of San Jose) during December, 1994 and January, 1995. Rotavirus (33%) and coronavirus (27%) were the main agents. To our knowledge, this is the first time that these viruses are incriminated in an outbreak of diarrhea. |
Stato: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
Istituzione: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
Lingua: | Inglés |
OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/21087 |
Accesso online: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/21087 |
Access Level: | acceso abierto |
Keyword: | diarrhea diarrheal disease outbreak rotavirus coronavirus |