Group A rotaviruses in children with gastroenteritis in a Canadian pediatric hospital: The prevaccine era.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A publicly funded, group A rotavirus (RVA) vaccination program was implemented in Quebec in November 2011.

Objectives

To evaluate trends in RVA infections and describe circulating genotypes before the implementation of a publicly funded vaccination program.

Methods

The Montreal Children's Hospital (Montreal, Quebec) virology laboratory database was reviewed for RVA ELISA performed between July 2006 and June 2011. A five-week moving average was used to follow the proportion of positive RVA ELISA test results. A season was defined as starting with the first two and ending with the final two consecutive weeks in which the percentage of specimens testing positive for RVA was ≥10%. Duplicate tests were excluded. A random sample of 39 RVA-positive fecal samples f

SUBMITTER: Chetrit E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3630029 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature