| prevalence and characteristics of severe rotavirus infections in nicaraguan children. | we analyzed the prevalence of rotavirus in 296 children age between 3 and 36 months who were hospitalized in 1994 with severe gastro-enteritis at two health centres for diarrhoea treatment in león, nicaragua. enteric viruses were detected in 96 (32.4%) of the children and rotaviruses were the most common pathogens detected in 84 (28%). the majority of rotavirus infections occurred in children less than 1 year old and all strains isolated belonged to subgroup ii and had 'long' rna patterns. molec ... | 1997 | 9176574 |