| Revista: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000351538 |
| ISSN: | 0074-0276 |
| Autores: | Santos, Rodrigo Alessandro Togo1 Borges, Ana Maria Tavares1 Costa, Paulo Sergio Sucasas da2 Teixeira, Jose Marcus Socrates3 Giugliano, Loreny Gimenes4 Leite, Jose Paulo Gagliardi5 Cardoso, Divina das Dores de Paula1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saude Publica, Laboratorio de Virologia, Goiania, Goias. Brasil 2Universidade Federal de Goias, Faculdade de Medicina, Goiania, Goias. Brasil 3Instituto de Saude do Distrito Federal, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil 4Universidade de Brasilia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil 5Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Virologia, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Año: | 2007 |
| Periodo: | Mar |
| Volumen: | 102 |
| Número: | 2 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Experimental, aplicado |
| Resumen en inglés | This study presents data regarding the circulation of astrovirus in Goiânia-GO and Brasília-DF. These viruses were detected in fecal samples from hospitalized children up to five years old with and without acute gastroenteritis. A total of 1244 fecal samples were collected in two periods, 1994 to 1996 (Brasília) and 1998 to 2002 (Goiânia and Brasília), and were analyzed for viral RNA using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Positivity rates of 4.3 and 0.5% for astrovirus were observed in children with acute gastroenteritis and those without gastroenteritis, respectively. Among children with gastroenteritis no statistically significant difference was seen with regards to viral positivity rates in relation to gender and age. However, a higher incidence rate was observed for children from Brasília aged 36 months or more. Overall, astroviruses occurred predominantly from September to March in the two cities, suggesting a seasonal pattern for these viruses which coincides with the highest relative air humidity period. The results of this study highlight the importance of astrovirus as an etiologic agent of acute gastroenteritis in children of the Central West region of Brazil |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Gastroenterología, Pediatría, Gastroenteritis, Epidemiología, Astrovirus, Etiología |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, Gastroenteritis, Epidemiology, Astrovirus, Etiology |
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