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Diagnosis of Rotavirus Infections and their Notification in the CzechRepublic in 2001


Authors: P. Pazdiora
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav epidemiologie LF UK, Plzeň
Published in: Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. , 2003, č. 1, s. 9-12
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Overview

In 2001 in 44 laboratories in theCRby laboratory methods 2 250 rotavirus infectionswere confirmed.From the total number of diagnostic departments 37, i.e. 84.1% use latex agglutination. Among theexamined subjects children under 3 years predominated a positive finding being confirmed in 23.0%.The specific morbidity in this age group was 651.3 cases/100 000/year. The hygiene service receivedin the course of the year 851 notifications of sporadic cases and 72 infections which developed inthree epidemics. As to infections confirmed by laboratory examinations only 39.3% were notified.Probably also one imported case of the disease was recorded, no death was reported.

Key words:
rotavirus infections – laboratory surveillance – incidence.

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