Abstract
We describe community-acquired rotavirus illness in 1359 children hospitalized at 12 centers in Canada between January 2005 and December 2007. The median age was 1.5 years. Almost half (48.6%) had significant dehydration, almost one-fifth (19%) had clinical sepsis and 7% had seizures at presentation. The median hospital stay was 3.4 days. Severe clinical presentations are less commonly described in surveillance programs.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Age Distribution
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Canada / epidemiology
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Child
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Child, Hospitalized
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Child, Preschool
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Community-Acquired Infections / complications
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Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology*
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Community-Acquired Infections / pathology
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Hospitals
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
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Rotavirus / isolation & purification*
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Rotavirus Infections / complications
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Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
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Rotavirus Infections / pathology
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Seizures / epidemiology
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Sepsis / epidemiology