| enteropathogens associated with acute infantile diarrhoea in cape town. | the results of a year-long controlled study on the causation of acute infectious diarrhoea in infants are reported. campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni, rotavirus and certain enteropathogenic escherichia coli (epec) types were identified as the most common enteropathogens. shigella, salmonella group b and yersinia enterocolitica were significant but less common pathogens. campylobacter, rotavirus, the significant epec types and shigella infections were more frequent in the warm summer and autu ... | 1988 | 3340928 |
| anticipating rotavirus vaccines: epidemiology and surveillance of rotavirus in south africa. | rotavirus infection is associated with acute infantile gastroenteritis in infants and young children globally. in south africa, rotavirus infection has been shown to be associated with approximately one-quarter of all diarrhoeal admissions to hospital. rotavirus infection predominantly occurs in infants less than 12 months of age (75%) and has a peak of shedding during the cooler, drier months of the year. a secondary peak during the spring has been observed. multiple infections with rotavirus a ... | 2003 | 12531632 |
| perspectives on acute gastroenteritis in black south african infants. | in developing countries, gastroenteritis is the major cause of infant mortality; however, owing to inadequate laboratory facilities and personnel, little is known about the status of enteropathogenic agents, especially rotavirus. disease patterns differ between developed and developing communities, and rotavirus plays a markedly lesser role in the overall etiology of the disease in developing than in developed countries--where it is one of the major etiological agents. this may be due to extensi ... | 1983 | 6662674 |