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. 2007 Jun;45(6):2054-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01519-06. Epub 2007 Apr 18.

Molecular epidemiology and clinical manifestations of viral gastroenteritis in hospitalized pediatric patients in Northern Taiwan

Shih-Yen Chen  1 , Yu-Chung Chang, Yun-Shien Lee, Hsun-Chin Chao, Kuo-Chien Tsao, Tzou-Yien Lin, Tzu-Yin Ko, Chi-Neu Tsai, Cheng-Hsun Chiu
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Molecular epidemiology and clinical manifestations of viral gastroenteritis in hospitalized pediatric patients in Northern Taiwan

Shih-Yen Chen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

By reverse transcription-PCR or PCR, among 257 children with nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis (AGE), rotavirus, norovirus, astrovirus, enteric adenovirus, and multiple viruses were identified in 78 (30.4%), 21 (8.2%), 7 (2.7%), 51 (19.8%), and 53 (20.6%) patients, respectively. Higher disease severity was found for AGE caused by multiple viruses and by rotavirus alone. The majority of rotaviruses isolated from 2004 to 2006 belonged to genotypes G1 (20.4%), G2 (16.5%), G3 (27.2%), and G9 (21.4%).

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Seasonal distribution of viral gastroenteritis in pediatric patients hospitalized in Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taiwan, 2004 to 2006 (A), and seasonal distribution of different genotypes of rotavirus in northern Taiwan, 2004 to 2006 (B).
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