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. 1999 Sep;37(9):3055-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.9.3055-3058.1999.

Prevalence of group A rotavirus, human calicivirus, astrovirus, and adenovirus type 40 and 41 infections among children with acute gastroenteritis in Dijon, France

F Bon  1 , P Fascia, M Dauvergne, D Tenenbaum, H Planson, A M Petion, P Pothier, E Kohli
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Prevalence of group A rotavirus, human calicivirus, astrovirus, and adenovirus type 40 and 41 infections among children with acute gastroenteritis in Dijon, France

F Bon et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Sep.

Abstract

Group A rotaviruses, human caliciviruses, astroviruses, and adenovirus types 40 and 41 were detected by enzyme immunoassay or reverse transcription-PCR in 61, 14, 6, and 3% of stool specimens from 414 children consulting for gastroenteritis between 1995 and 1998. These data highlight the importance of caliciviruses in infantile gastroenteritis. Among these, Norwalk-like viruses belonging to genogroup II were predominant.

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FIG. 1
FIG. 1
Percentages of stool specimens from children with gastrointestinal symptoms and from controls in which group A rotavirus, human calicivirus, astrovirus, or enteric adenovirus type 40 or 41 was detected. *, detection rates for children with symptoms add up to more than 72% (the percent virus-positive samples) because of dual infections. †, for controls, rotavirus was detected by RT-PCR as well as by EIA. Thirteen of the 50 stool specimens (26%) were positive.
FIG. 2
FIG. 2
Dual infections were found in 50 of the 299 positive samples (16.7%). Each bar represents all the positive samples for one given virus. The relative proportions of monoinfections and of dual infections with each of the other three viruses are shown.
FIG. 3
FIG. 3
Distribution of rotavirus, calicivirus, astrovirus, and adenovirus type 40 and 41 infections by age.
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