| Author/Editor | Veninšek-Perpar, Irena | |
| Title | Analiza rotavirusnih gastroenterokolitisov na območju ljubljanske regije | |
| Type | monografija | |
| Place | Ljubljana | |
| Publisher | Medicinska fakulteta | |
| Publication year | 2001 | |
| Volume | str. 24 | |
| Language | slo | |
| Abstract | According to Slovenian legal requirements all cases of rotaviral enteritis must be reported. Institutes of Public Health of Ljubljana first receive these reports; from there they are sent to The Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia. In this study I prospectively observed all the cases reported to The Institute of Public Health of Ljubljana during a one-year period (between December 1. 1999 and November 30. 2000). During this time 401 cases of rotaviral enteritis were reported. All the patients were invited to answer the epidemiological questionnaire. 287 patients - or, when young children were concerned, their parents - responded to our invitation. The purpose of this study was to establish the epidemiological characteristics of rotaviral enteritis in the Ljubljana region, which covers 587,339 inhabitants. I observed the incidence of rotaviruses with regard to sex, age, season, frequency of occurrence of individual clinical symptoms, school and kindergarten attendance, presence of infection in household contacts, travel during incubation period and patient's dwelling place standard. The study involved 287 patients, 159 males and 128 females. Children less than two years of age represented 62% of all patients while children less than five years of age represented 89% of all patients. The majority of cases were reported between December and March. The peak was reached in January, when 25% of all cases occurred. The most frequent clinical symptom was diarrhoea followed by vomiting, fever, abdominal cramps, dehydration and bloody stool. 98,9% of patients suffered from diarrhoea. The median rate of excretion was 5 days. Diarrhoea wasn't significantly age-related, but vomiting and fever were. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters). | |
| Descriptors | GASTROENTERITIS ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS ROTAVIRUS SEASONS |