The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회지)

The Korea Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회)
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Rotavirus Gastroenteritis

Rotavirus성 위장염

  • Kang, Jeong-Oak (Dept. of Clinical Pathology, Yuseong Hospital) ;
  • Park, Seung-Hahm (Dept. of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Hong (Dept. of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Keun-Soo (Dept. of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
  • 강정옥 (유성병원 임상병리과) ;
  • 박승함 (한양대학교 의과대학 임상병리학교실) ;
  • 김기홍 (한양대학교 의과대학 임상병리학교실) ;
  • 이근수 (한양대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실)
  • Published : 1982.12.31
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Abstract

Fifty two infants and young children hospitalized in the pediatric department of Hanyang University Hospital with acute gastroenteritis from February through April 1982 were examined for the evidence of infection with rotavirus by electron microscopic technique and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). Of 52 patients examined, rotaviruses were detected in stools of 11 patients(21%) by EM technique and 16 patients(31%) by ELISA. But there was no significant statistical difference between the two methods(Z=1.2<2). During the study period, rotaviruses were detected in stools of 6(38%) of 16 patients in February, 10(30%) of 33 patients in March, and none of 3 patients in April. The age of the 16 patients who shed the rotaviruses in their stools ranged from 3 months to 6 years, and 12 patients(75%) were between 6 and 24 months. Our study suggests that the rotaviral gastroenteritis of infants and young children in Korea might have similar frequency, seasonal variation, and age distribution with other countries in temperate zone.

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