Burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children <5 years of age in Greece: hospital-based prospective surveillance (2008-2010).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study describes the epidemiology of rotavirus (RV) gastroenteritis (GE) disease following the introduction of RV vaccination in Greece in 2006.

Design

A prospective hospital-based surveillance.

Setting

A multicentre study was conducted at six hospitals in Greece between July 2008 and March 2010. The hospitals selected served 70% of the paediatric population in Greece.

Participants

Children aged <5 years who visited the emergency rooms (ERs) or hospitalised with acute GE or acquired acute GE 48 h after hospitalisation and with a confirmed RV-positive stool test were enrolled.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The occurrence of RVGE among all acute GE ER visits and hospitalisations and the occurrence of nosocomial RVGE are reported wit

SUBMITTER: Konstantopoulos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3863124 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature