| Literature DB >> 11425422 |
H Nakajima, T Nakagomi, T Kamisawa, N Sakaki, K Muramoto, T Mikami, H Nara, O Nakagomi.
Abstract
We investigated the aetiological role of group A rotavirus in adults with acute diarrhoea in a 4-year prospective study. Of 683 patients with acute diarrhoea, 97 (14%) shed rotavirus as a sole agent, whereas six (5%) of 115 patients without diarrhoea shed rotavirus. Half of patients with rotavirus diarrhoea required admission to hospital. Unlike rotavirus diarrhoea in children, the occurrence of rotavirus-positive cases did not show a significant winter seasonality. Rotavirus infection should be included in the differential diagnosis of diarrhoeal diseases in adults.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11425422 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05086-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321