| viruses in acute gastroenteritis in children in pune, india. | a 2-year study from january 1981 to december 1982 was undertaken to determine the role of viruses in the causation of diarrhoea in hospitalized children in pune, maharashtra state, india. the stool samples of 426 children (213 diarrhoeal and 213 non-diarrhoeal controls) were investigated by electron microscopy and elisa for the presence of viruses. six morphologically distinct viruses were visualized: rotavirus, coronavirus-like particles (cvlp), adenovirus, astrovirus, calicivirus and small rou ... | 1989 | 2539300 |
| group b rotaviruses similar to strain cal-1, have been circulating in western india since 1993. | generally, group a rotaviruses are the most common cause of paediatric diarrhoea. however, group b rotavirus, adult diarrhoea rotavirus (adrv), was found to be involved in epidemics of severe gastroenteritis in several areas of china during 1982-1983 and had resulted in more than one million cases among adults as well as older children. human group b rotavirus has been rarely reported outside china, but has been detected first from five adults with diarrhoea in kolkata, india during 1997-1998 (s ... | 2004 | 15310177 |
| determination of bovine rotavirus g serotype by polymerase chain reaction. | a total of 113 diarrheic samples comprising of 68 buffalo calves and 45 cow calves were screened by rna-page for the detection of presence of rotavirus. rna-page analysis of these samples revealed 11 (9.73%) was found positive for rotavirus. out of 68 faecal samples of buffalo calves tested for viral gastroenteritis, 8 (11.76%) were found positive for rotavirus. similarly, out of 45 faecal samples of cattle calves tested for viral gastroenteritis, 3 (6.66%) was found positive for rotavirus. rota ... | 2011 | 21892766 |
| update on available vaccines in india: report of the appa vu 2010: i. | the asia pacific pediatric association vaccinology update 2010 was held in mumbai on november 13-14, 2010 to discuss the latest information on burden of infectious diseases, recent developments in vaccines and their impact on immunization practices against infectious diseases occurring in indian children. during the conference the importance of including conjugate haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine and anti-rabies vaccines in routine immunization was stressed. also, the need for giving a seco ... | 2011 | 21373831 |
| an epidemic of rotavirus diarrhoea in jawhar taluk, thane district, maharashtra, india, december 2000-january 2001. | an epidemic of diarrhoea in jawhar, a tribal area of thane district, maharashtra, india was investigated. within a period of approximately 2 months 490 cases of acute diarrhoea were reported among children under 5 years of age, with a case fatality rate of 0.40%. twenty-seven out of 39 (69.23%) rectal swabs/faecal specimens obtained from hospitalized paediatric patients up to 2 years of age from jawhar were positive by elisa for rotavirus. of these, seven were in the age group of < or = 6 months ... | 2004 | 15061509 |
| rotavirus infection among children in bombay. | from december 1984 to december 1986 samples of faeces were collected from 273 children and 50 adults suffering from acute diarrhea and from an equal number of control subjects. presence of rotavirus was looked for by electron microscopy (em), latex slide agglutination (la) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). of the 273 children 63 (23.0%) showed presence of rotavirus, with maximum incidence of 25.7% in 6 to 24 months age group. out of 63 positive cases, 10 were associated with bacteri ... | 1993 | 8500850 |