Rotavirus gastroenteritis: epidemiological data from a regional hospital in Belgium

被引：6

作者：

Raes, Marc

Aerssens, Peter

Alliet, Philippe

Gillis, Philippe

Verjans, Marie-Paule

Mewis, Alex

机构：

[1] Virga Jesse Hosp, Paediat Dept, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium

[2] Virga Jesse Hosp, Clin Microbiol Lab, Hasselt, Belgium

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS | 2008年 / 167卷 / 01期

关键词：

rotavirus; gastroenteritis; epidemiology; hospitalisation; rota vaccination;

D O I：

10.1007/s00431-007-0428-9

中图分类号：

R72 [儿科学];

学科分类号：

100202 ;

摘要：

The Belgian Institute of Public Health registered from 2000 to 2005 a yearly average of 6,790 hospital admissions for rotavirus gastroenteritis in children less than 5 years of age. Very efficacious rotavirus vaccines are available nowadays. The surveillance of hospitalisation due to rotavirus gastroenteritis is a good target for the follow-up of vaccine-related prevention. In a large regional Belgian hospital, rotavirus is associated with 12% to 21% of all hospitalisation days among children less than 2 years of age. The general implementation of rotavirus vaccination could dramatically reduce the hospitalisation of young children due to rotavirus gastroenteritis in developed countries.

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页码：71 / 73

页数：3