| [molecular epidemiology of human rotavirus in cumaná, venezuela]. | during the period january to december 1987, rotaviruses were obtained from infants hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in cumaná, venezuela, and were compared by analysis of the migration of their double-stranded ribonucleic acid (rna) genome segments in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. rotavirus rna was detected in 87 (17.03%) of 511 faecal samples, and at least 12 different electropherotypes were recognized throughout the period of study. of the rotavirus positive samples, 86 (98.85%) h ... | 1992 | 1343749 |
| [clinical and epidemiological characteristics of rotavirus infection in children of cumaná, venezuela]. | the detection rate of group a human rotavirus (hrv-a), as well as its association with clinical and epidemiological parameters, was studied in children younger than 5 years old with acute diarrhea attending to the university hospital "antonio patricio de alcalá" of cumaná, between march 2006 and september 2007. of 241 fecal samples collected in this study, 47 (19.5%) were positive to hrv-a by immunoassay. rotavirus were present throughout the study and the major detection rates were on march, ap ... | 2010 | 21365878 |
| severity and age of rotavirus diarrhea, but not socioeconomic conditions, are associated with rotavirus seasonality in venezuela. | rotavirus (rv) epidemiology presents differences between developing and developed countries among which are seasonality, age at first infection, variability of strain in circulation and severity of disease. since, in venezuela, we have distinct seasonal patterns of rv occurrence, we examined the epidemiological profile of rv disease associated to these differences by analyzing data from previous studies conducted in venezuela. data were collected from children <5 years of age with diarrhea seen ... | 2009 | 19152395 |