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Severe acute gastroenteritis3
- INTRODUCTION: Rotavirus is the primary cause of severe acute gastroenteritis among children under the age of five globally, leading to 128,500 to 215,000 vaccine-preventable deaths annually. (bvsalud.org)
- 5 Therefore, rotavirus vaccine would help reduce severe acute gastroenteritis and its complications. (who.int)
- Prevalence and molecular diversity of adenovirus in children with severe acute gastroenteritis, in Belém, Pará State, before and after the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine in Brazil. (iec.gov.br)
Diarrhea45
- NTS) are among the most common etiological agents of diarrheal diseases worldwide and have become the most commonly detected bacterial pathogen in children hospitalized with diarrhea in Vietnam. (ox.ac.uk)
- Gastroenteritis, when caused by bacteria, causes a high fever and bloody diarrhea. (catholictranscript.org)
- Gastroenteritis usually involves both diarrhea and vomiting. (ireggae.com)
- Download PDF … chronic diarrhea + frequent bouts of gastroenteritis. (ireggae.com)
- Acute Diarrhea in Children: Oral Rehydration, Maint. (cdc.gov)
- Research has shown that enteric adenoviruses, primarily Ad40 and Ad41, are a leading cause of diarrhea in many of these children, second only to the rotaviruses. (rapidtest.com)
- A total of 160 children with acute diarrhea were selected by random sampling. (biomedcentral.com)
- Rotavirus were detected in faeces of 22(13.8%) children with acute diarrhea, 90.9% of positive cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis were under 2 years of age with highest prevalence in children 7-12 months of age. (biomedcentral.com)
- Rotavirus is recognized as a major cause of non bacterial gastroenteritis (infection of the stomach and intestinal tract leading to diarrhea and vomiting) especially in infants and young children worldwide [ 1 , 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Rotavirus has also been implicated as an etiological agent of diarrhea in older children, adult human, young and adult animals, including calves and piglets. (biomedcentral.com)
- Rotavirus infection is also known as infantile diarrhea (since almost all children are infected in there first few years of life when they are especially at risk for the disease) or winter diarrhea (because in the United states, the disease occurs more often during winter and springs with the most activity occurring from November to May). (biomedcentral.com)
- In the United states, rotavirus infection are responsible for approximately 3 million cases of diarrhea and an estimated 55,000 hospitalization for diarrhea and dehydration in children under 5 years old each year, although these infection cause relatively few deaths in united States. (biomedcentral.com)
- Rotavirus gastroenteritis is a mild to severe disease, once a child is exposed to rotavirus infection, it takes about 1-2 days (incubation period) before symptoms often starts with fever, nausea and vomiting, which are often followed by abdominal cramps and frequent watery diarrhea (which may last for 3-8 days) infected children may also have a cough and runny nose. (biomedcentral.com)
- Diarrhea especially when it occurs along with vomiting can quickly lead to dehydration in babies and young children. (biomedcentral.com)
- Diarrhea associated with nausea and vomiting is referred to as gastroenteritis. (medscape.com)
- NoVs are highly diverse and divided into seven genogroups (GI-GVII) of which GI, GII and GIV have been found among human, and GII is the most popular genogroup in children with acute diarrhea. (researchsquare.com)
- Gastroenteritis is inflammation of the digestive tract that results in vomiting, diarrhea, or both and is sometimes accompanied by fever or abdominal cramps. (msdmanuals.com)
- Dehydration in Children Dehydration is loss of water from the body, usually caused by vomiting and/or diarrhea. (msdmanuals.com)
- Worldwide, about 500,000 children under age 5 years die each year of diarrhea caused by gastroenteritis. (msdmanuals.com)
- BACKGROUND: Rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) is a leading cause of severe diarrhea in children under-five worldwide, with the majority of mortality in lower -income countries. (cdc.gov)
- Infection may be entirely asymptomatic or produce a spectrum of disease ranging from mild gastroenteritis to severe diarrhea and vomiting with dehydration. (bumrungrad.com)
- During the period from 2000 to 2002, 79 rotavirus-positive stool samples were collected from children presenting diarrhea in the Western Brazilian Amazon. (rsbmt.org.br)
- Viral gastroenteritis is an infection caused by a variety of viruses that results in vomiting or diarrhea. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- The main symptoms of viral gastroenteritis are watery diarrhea and vomiting. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- Gastroenteritis is a serious illness, however, for persons who are unable to drink enough fluids to replace what they lose through vomiting or diarrhea. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- Rotavirus and norovirus infections are the most common cause of diarrhea in infants and young children under 5 years old. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- Adenoviruses and astroviruses cause diarrhea mostly in young children, but older children and adults can also be affected. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- Norwalk and Noroviruses are more likely to cause diarrhea in older children and adults. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- CDC recommends that families with infants and young children keep a supply of oral rehydration solution (ORS) at home at all times and use the solution when diarrhea first occurs in the child. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- Viral gastroenteritis is the single most important cause of diarrhea in infancy world-wide and accounts for enormous morbidity and mortality in children in both the developing and developed worlds. (stanford.edu)
- Adenoviruses (AdVs) types 40 and 41 are the causative agents of diarrhea in children. (ijbiotech.com)
- After optimization of the DIAPOPS conditions, 80 stool samples from children with clinical manifestation of viral diarrhea were tested. (ijbiotech.com)
- This study was conducted to investigate the role of NoVs in sporadic cases of acute diarrhea among hospitalized children. (edu.gh)
- Children can spread the virus both before and after they become sick with diarrhea. (healthcareassociates.net)
- It is the most common cause of diarrhea and vomiting (also known as gastroenteritis) and is often referred to as food poisoning or stomach flu. (cdc.gov)
- For most people, norovirus causes diarrhea and vomiting which lasts a few days but, the symptoms can be serious for some people, especially young children and older adults. (cdc.gov)
- Aboriginal children hospitalized with diarrheal disease in northern Australia have high rates of acidosis, hypokalemia and osmotic diarrhea, as well as abnormal small bowel permeability and elevated nitric oxide (NO) production. (edu.au)
- Rotavirus was the leading cause of severe diarrhea among infants and young children in the United States before rotavirus vaccine was introduced in 2006. (darkskiesfilm.com)
- Rotavirus commonly causes severe, watery diarrhea and vomiting in infants and young children. (darkskiesfilm.com)
- According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, there are about 2 billion cases of diarrheal disease worldwide every year, and 1.9 million children younger than 5 years of age perish from diarrhea each year, mostly in developing countries. (lww.com)
- Of all child deaths from diarrhea, 78% occur in the African and Southeast Asian regions. (lww.com)
- Each child below 5 years of age experiences an average of 3 annual episodes of acute diarrhea. (lww.com)
- Globally in this age group, acute diarrhea is the second leading cause of death (after pneumonia), and both the incidence and the risk of mortality from diarrheal diseases are greatest among children in this age group, particularly during infancy-thereafter, rates decline incrementally. (lww.com)
- Other direct consequences of diarrhea in children include growth faltering, malnutrition, and impaired cognitive development in resource-limited countries. (lww.com)
- Jan Vinjé] Acute gastroenteritis is usually shown as diarrhea and vomiting. (cdc.gov)
Viral gastroenteritis in children1
- The most important of treating viral gastroenteritis in children and adults is to prevent severe loss of fluids (dehydration). (agedcarecrisis.com)
Adenovirus7
- The study also found there was no indication of elevated rates of adenovirus type 40/41 infection in children. (medscape.com)
- In November 2021, the Alabama Department of Public Health began an investigation with the CDC after a cluster of children were admitted to a children's hospital in the state with severe hepatitis who all tested positive for adenovirus. (medscape.com)
- Adenovirus infection remains a leading suspect in these sick children because the virus has been detected in 60.8% of tested cases, WHO reports. (medscape.com)
- To better estimate trends in pediatric hepatitis and adenovirus infection in the US, investigators collected available data on emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and liver transplants associated with hepatitis in children as well as adenovirus stool testing results. (medscape.com)
- Most other viral gastroenteritis infections are caused by astrovirus or enteric adenovirus. (merckmanuals.com)
- The analysis of viral sequences verified that single infection of human adenovirus was the leading cause of gastroenteritis among infants and children, which was detected in 23.2% of the patients, followed by a mixed infection of human adenovirus and other viruses, which was detected in 20.9% of patients. (biomedcentral.com)
- But in addition to rotavirus, there are also viruses lesser known primarily causing AGE (or acute gastroenteritis) in children called sapoviruses and astroviruses and enteric adenovirus. (cdc.gov)
Burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis2
- Footnote 2 The European Rotavirus Vaccination Advocacy Committee ( ERVAC ) has recently advocated introduction of rotavirus vaccine into childhood immunization programs, although the members agree that further studies on the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Europe need to be done for a better evaluation of the cost and benefit of rotavirus vaccination programs. (canada.ca)
- We evaluated the subsequent reduction of the health-care burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis. (who.int)
Associated with acute gastroenteritis1
- Noroviruses (NoVs) were the first viruses to be clearly associated with acute gastroenteritis, but for many years, knowledge of their role in infection and disease has been limited ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
Viruses13
- 1,2,3 In contrast to other respiratory viruses, children seem to have a lower risk of infection than adults 4 and the vast majority of reported infections in children are mild or asymptomatic, with few recorded childhood fatalities attributed to COVID-19. (pediatriconcall.com)
- Most importantly, viruses … prescribed cipro (ciprofloxacin) for bacterial gastroenteritis. (ireggae.com)
- Infectious gastroenteritis may be caused by viruses, bacteria, or parasites. (merckmanuals.com)
- In this study, we aimed to develop a metagenomics approach using NGS to identify and characterise viruses in stool samples from infants and children with Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE) in Kuwait. (biomedcentral.com)
- Also, the commercial Real-Time PCR assay was used to detect viruses causing gastroenteritis. (biomedcentral.com)
- Our results showed 71% agreement (k = 0.445, P = 0.000) between multiplex Real-Time PCR, which is used as a routine diagnostic test and metagenomics approach in the detection of viruses causing gastroenteritis in clinical samples. (biomedcentral.com)
- Viruses are the most common cause of gastroenteritis in the United States. (msdmanuals.com)
- Four categories of viruses cause most gastroenteritis. (msdmanuals.com)
- The viruses that cause gastroenteritis are spread through close contact with infected persons (for example, by sharing food, water, or eating utensils). (agedcarecrisis.com)
- How does food get contaminated by gastroenteritis viruses? (agedcarecrisis.com)
- Tests to detect other viruses that cause gastroenteritis are not in routine use, but the viral gastroenteritis unit at CDC can assist with special analysis upon request. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- In the 1970s, the causes of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis were identified and several viruses associated with the stools of patients suffering from gastroenteritis correlated with their clinical disease. (ijbiotech.com)
- So in total with norovirus, together we have five viruses and four of them are primarily causing disease in young children, and then norovirus is the exception. (cdc.gov)
Clinical15
- This report aims to describe the clinical and epidemiologic features of NoV infection in children hospitalized for enteritis and to compare the severity score related to the different viral agents and NoV genotypes. (cdc.gov)
- Genomic Serotyping, Clinical Manifestations, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Nontyphoidal Salmonella Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (ox.ac.uk)
- Aiming to better understand the epidemiology, serovar distribution, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and clinical manifestation of NTS gastroenteritis in Vietnam, we conducted a clinical genomics investigation of NTS isolated from diarrheal children admitted to one of three tertiary hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. (ox.ac.uk)
- Pathak S, Lazarus M, Ghanghoriya P. Clinical Spectrum and Atypical Presentations of COVID-19 in Hospitalized Children in a Tertiary Care Hospital: Prospective Observational Study. (pediatriconcall.com)
- In central India, little is known about the clinical spectrum and severity of COVID-19 in children. (pediatriconcall.com)
- To assess the clinical characteristics of hospitalized COVID-19 infected children below 14 years of age and to describe atypical presentations of COVID-19 in children. (pediatriconcall.com)
- The clinical and molecular epidemiology of community- and healthcare-acquired rotavirus gastroenteritis. (medscape.com)
- Probiotics have shown promise in early clinical research in hospitalized children in developing countries. (usda.gov)
- Objectives - The overall objective of this multi-national randomized clinical trial is to determine if a specific probiotic agent, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG(LGG), the most widely available, studied and regulated probiotic in the US, should routinely be administered to outpatient children who are suffering from AGE. (usda.gov)
- The specific aims of this proposal are: (1) to determine the clinical effectiveness of LGG and (2) to determine the safety and side effect profile of LGG in children 3-48 months of age presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with AGE. (usda.gov)
- Thus, the potential clinical and societal impacts of the proposed study are substantial and the results will guide the standard of care: if positive, guidelines will be able to endorse probiotic administratio with important positive consequences for the health of several million US children annually. (usda.gov)
- The clinical spectrum of acute viral gastroenteritis ranges from asymptomatic infection to severe dehydration and death. (ireggae.com)
- Our laboratory is interested in the pathogenesis of viral gastroenteritis, specifically in intestinal factors which are critical to the outcome of rotavirus infection which range from asymptomatic viral shedding to severe clinical disease. (stanford.edu)
- Wildi-Runge S, Allemann S, Schaad UB, Heininger U. A 4-year study on clinical characteristics of children hospitalized with rotavirus gastroenteritis. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
- In order to contribute to the reduction of the morbidity and the mortality relative to the ALRIs of children in Brazzaville, this study set itself the objective of determining their epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary profiles and to identify the favoring factors and those associated with the risk of death. (scirp.org)
Infected with rotavirus1
- It is estimated that 130 million children are infected with rotavirus gastroenteritis, causing 2 to 4 million hospital admissions and 600,000 deaths every year 1 . (rsbmt.org.br)
Genotypes3
- Here, we conducted the current study to investigate the diversity of NoVs genotypes adopting a dual nomenclature system, based on both ORF1 and ORF2, in children suffering from acute gastroenteritis who visited Children's Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai from January 2012 to December 2017. (researchsquare.com)
- This study aimed to characterize G and P genotypes infecting an infantile population admitted with viral gastroenteritis and to extend our knowledge of rotavirus infection in individuals from Western Brazilian Amazonia. (rsbmt.org.br)
- Through its diarrhoea surveillance studies, the Department has helped to firmly establish rotaviruses as a major cause of diarrhoea in children, and document the circulation of unusual rotavirus genotypes in Ghana. (edu.gh)
Episodes of gastroenteritis1
- Most episodes of gastroenteritis are self-limited but cause uncomfortable symptoms. (merckmanuals.com)
Nonbacterial gastroenteritis2
- Italy has no surveillance system for nonbacterial gastroenteritis. (cdc.gov)
- Rotavirus is a major cause of nonbacterial gastroenteritis, especially in infants and very young children (6 months-2 years of age) who have not received the rotavirus vaccine. (bumrungrad.com)
Dehydration6
- Dehydration is a serious complication of rotavirus, if not immediately managed it can lead to hypovolemia (a disorder in which the volume of circulating blood decreases) and circulatory collapse and eventual death, in severe cases children may suffer from symptoms of rotavirus gastroenteritis for up to 9 days and then recover [ 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Dehydration in Children Dehydration is significant depletion of body water and, to varying degrees, electrolytes. (merckmanuals.com)
- Infants, young children, and persons who are unable to care for themselves, such as the disabled or elderly, are at risk for dehydration from loss of fluids. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- They may need to be hospitalized for treatment to correct or prevent dehydration. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- A child withminimal or no dehydration should be encouraged to continue his or her usual diet plus drinkadequate fluids. (fliphtml5.com)
- Oral rehydration therapy with a rehydration solution can be used to treat diarrheain children with mild to moderate dehydration. (fliphtml5.com)
Hospitalization6
- We surveyed hospitalization rates for rotavirus gastroenteritis in children in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan, from 2007 to 2015 and surveyed the number of outpatient visits at a Tsu City clinic from 2010 to 2015. (who.int)
- In the pre-vaccine years (2007-2011), hospitalization rates for rotavirus gastroenteritis in children under 5 years old were 5.5, 4.3, 3.1 and 3.9 cases per 1000 person-years, respectively. (who.int)
- After the vaccine introduction, the hospitalization rates and outpatient visits for rotavirus gastroenteritis greatly decreased. (who.int)
- 6 The annual hospitalization rate for rotavirus gastroenteritis in the two cities was estimated to be 3.8 and 4.9 per 1000 person-years, respectively. (who.int)
- Since then, we have been conducting active surveillance for rotavirus gastroenteritis hospitalization in children under 5 years old in three cities (Matsusaka City in addition to the two cities mentioned above) in Mie. (who.int)
- 7 The annual hospitalization rate for rotavirus gastroenteritis in the three cities from 2007 to 2009 was estimated to be 2.8 to 4.7 per 1000 person-years. (who.int)
Contagious5
- Viral gastroenteritis is very contagious and spreads particularly easily from child to child. (msdmanuals.com)
- Yes, viral gastroenteritis is contagious. (agedcarecrisis.com)
- Rotavirus is a contagious virus that can cause gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines). (healthcareassociates.net)
- Most children are contagious for around 12 days total. (darkskiesfilm.com)
- Rotavi- rus is very contagious, spreading easily from chil- dren who are already infected to other children and sometimes adults. (darkskiesfilm.com)
Astrovirus2
- Astrovirus can infect people of all ages but usually infects infants and young children. (merckmanuals.com)
- Genetic diversity of norovirus, sapovirus, and astrovirus isolated from children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Chiang Mai, Thailand. (scienceopen.com)
Adults6
- Notes from the field: outbreaks of rotavirus gastroenteritis among elderly adults in two retirement communities--Illinois, 2011. (medscape.com)
- HIV rate is 24 percent among adults and much lower in children. (bcm.edu)
- Most patients are adolescents to young adults, but a typical clinic day will include at least a few young child visits. (bcm.edu)
- Some sites are called "challenge sites" which means that you will see adults and children who are failing first and second line therapy. (bcm.edu)
- In other children and adults, rotavirus infections are usually subclinical and may be associated with asymptomatic shedding of rotavirus in the feces. (bumrungrad.com)
- However, older children and adults can also get sick from rotavirus. (darkskiesfilm.com)
Diarrhoea5
- The most common causes of gastroenteritis are: food poisoning, Travellers' Diarrhoea and Norovirus. (ireggae.com)
- Two main categories of infectious disease to consider are bacterial infections and viral … Infectious diarrhoea or Gastroenteritis irritates the stomach and small intestines causing them to become inflamed. (ireggae.com)
- common infection of the stomach and intestines that results in vomiting and diarrhoea While bacterial gastroenteritis presents similarly to viral gastroenteritis, it is far less common. (ireggae.com)
- 5 years old who were hospitalized for acute diarrhoea at 5 university paediatric departments in central-east Tunisia during the period 2009-2011. (who.int)
- 494 000) in children younger than 5 consume activities, which in turn con- years--i.e. 1 of every 260 children born Epidemiological data sume resources and these resources are each year will die before their fifth birth- This study was part of sentinel hospital aggregated because they constitute a day from diarrhoea caused by rotavirus surveillance established in the Eastern cost ( 7 ). (who.int)
Diarrheal2
Enteric1
- Characteristics of Salmonella recovered from stools of children enrolled in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study. (cdc.gov)
Stomach and intestines1
- Gastroenteritis affects the stomach and intestines. (catholictranscript.org)
Deaths10
- Deaths from gastroenteritis double. (medscape.com)
- However, in developing countries, rotavirus gastroenteritis account for more than 800,000 childhood deaths per year due to poor nutrition and health care [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Children in the poorest countries account for 82% of rotavirus deaths. (uwi.edu)
- Most of these deaths occur in Mediterranean Region under the aus- rus gastroenteritis consumes different developing countries in Africa and Asia pices of the WHO. (who.int)
- Hospital LOS, ICU admission, ICU LOS, 30 day readmissions, deaths, and hospital costs were higher in children with neurologic complications compared with those without complications. (aap.org)
- Each year in the United States, gastroenteritis causes about 1.5 million doctor visits, 200,000 hospital admissions, and 300 deaths in children. (msdmanuals.com)
- However, even that was intolerable so the program was started in 2001 to bring vaccine to as many of these children as possible, and has successfully reduced deaths to about 200,000 per year. (sciencemediacentre.co.nz)
- up to 25% of deaths in young children living in Africa and south-east Asia are attributable to AGE [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- In developing countries, it is associated with approximately 50,000 to 100,000 child deaths every year. (cdc.gov)
- In 1989/90, when the This group of causes has been responsible for Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos a non-negligible amount of deaths of infants and (SINASC - Live Births Information System) was children younger than 5 years. (bvsalud.org)
Causes of acute1
- Noroviruses are considered the important causes of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) across all age groups especially in children under five years. (researchsquare.com)
Bacteria2
- Also called gastroenteritis, this is an acute infection caused by a virus (the famous virus, usually caused by some type of enterovirus) or bacteria, and usually develops quickly. (catholictranscript.org)
- Viral gastroenteritis is not caused by bacteria (such as Salmonella or Escherichia coli ) or parasites (such as Giardia ), or by medications or other medical conditions, although the symptoms may be similar. (agedcarecrisis.com)
Bacterial5
- U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bacterial gastroenteritis. (ireggae.com)
- Gastroenteritis is the inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract due to bacterial toxins or viral infection. (ireggae.com)
- does bacterial or viral gastroenteritis have more severe symptoms? (ireggae.com)
- It is called viral gastroenteritis when the pathogen is a virus and bacterial gastroenteritis when it … it's been a week. (ireggae.com)
- Gastroenteritis is usually caused by a viral, bacterial, or parasitic infection. (msdmanuals.com)
Adenoviruses1
- Further studies indicate that adenoviruses are associated with 4 - 15% of all hospitalized cases of viral gastroenteritis. (rapidtest.com)
Stool7
- 478 (∼15%) children were found to be infected with NTS by stool culture. (ox.ac.uk)
- A total of 1433 stool specimens were collected from children under five years with acute gastroenteritis between January 2012 and December 2017. (researchsquare.com)
- We have investigated 84 stool samples from infants and children aged one month to ten years old with signs and symptoms of gastroenteritis who attended Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Al-Amiri hospitals in Kuwait from January to December 2017. (biomedcentral.com)
- Rapid and accurate detection of rotavirus antigens in stool specimens may lead to better patient management, particularly in hospitalized or institutionalized patients. (bumrungrad.com)
- From March 2000 to March 2002, 330 stool samples were collected from diarrheic children presenting acute gastroenteritis at the Cosme Damião Infantile Hospital, located in downtown Porto Velho, the capital of the State of Rondonia, Brazil. (rsbmt.org.br)
- The stool samples were collected from children after consent was given by their parents or other legal guardians, through written signature. (rsbmt.org.br)
- A total of 1074 stool samples were collected, of them 770 were hospitalized, and 304 were non-hospitalized cases. (biomedcentral.com)
Pathogen1
- Analysis of the questionnaires indicated that rotavirus infections were likely to be more severe than any other virus infection, and children from whom a viral pathogen was identified were more likely to require rehydration therapy. (ukhsa.gov.uk)
Infection in children2
- This study was conducted to determine the incidence of rotavirus infection in children with gastroenteritis attending Jos university teaching hospital, Plateau State. (biomedcentral.com)
- Previously, we studied the disease burden of rotavirus infection in children under 5 years old retrospectively in two cities (Tsu City, Ise City) from 2003 to 2007 in Mie Prefecture, Japan. (who.int)
Severely dehydrated1
- They can become severely dehydrated and need to be hospitalized and can even die. (healthcareassociates.net)
Intestinal1
- The virus is the same as that encountered throughout the world, but these children suffer from malaria, malnutrition, HIV and/or intestinal parasites so that measle infection pushes them over the brink. (sciencemediacentre.co.nz)
Outbreaks3
- The introduction of the reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) method defined the relevant role of these agents in outbreaks and sporadic cases of gastroenteritis throughout the world and showed the broad heterogeneity and rapid evolution of NoV strains ( 2 - 5 ). (cdc.gov)
- Recently 2 outbreaks of confirmed NoV gastroenteritis were reported ( 6 , 7 ). (cdc.gov)
- Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis transmitted by person-to-person contact, environmental contamination, and unknown modes of transmission--United States, 2009-2013. (medscape.com)
Samples were collected2
- Samples were collected after written consent was giv- nization Program and, after March 2006, became available en by the parents. (cdc.gov)
- Faecal samples were collected between 2000 and 2003 from 685 children with symptoms of gastroenteritis. (ukhsa.gov.uk)
Years16
- Before initiation of the rotavirus vaccination program in the United States in 2006, approximately 80% of U.S. children had rotavirus gastroenteritis by age 5 years. (cdc.gov)
- Between October 12 and November 1 of 2021, four children under the age of six years presented to the emergency department of a large pediatric hospital in Alabama. (cdc.gov)
- Total 45 children were admitted with COVID-19.The median age of children with COVID-19 was 5.5 years (3 days-14 years). (pediatriconcall.com)
- Infections are most frequently seen in children under two years of age, but have been found in patients of all ages. (rapidtest.com)
- Almost all children have had a rotavirus infection by the time they are 5 years old [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Previous studies in Shanghai mainly adopted either ORF1 or ORF2 nomenclature to understand the epidemiology of NoVs in children under five years [18-22]. (researchsquare.com)
- By age five years, nearly every child will have an episode of rotavirus gastroenteritis, 1 in 5 will visit a clinic, 1 in 65 will be hospitalized, and approximately 1 in 293 will die (1). (uwi.edu)
- About 3 to 5 billion episodes occur worldwide each year, most commonly in children under 5 years of age who live in countries where children are more vulnerable and care is often not easy to access. (msdmanuals.com)
- Rotavirus infection among children under five years of age hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Myanmar during 2018-2020 - Multicentre surveillance before rotavirus vaccine introduction. (cdc.gov)
- We conducted active surveillance for rotavirus gastroenteritis among children under 5 years old before and after the vaccine introduction. (who.int)
- These specimens were collected from children under 5 years of age who were hospitalized between November 2007 and May 2008 in Lagos, Nigeria. (edu.gh)
- Hospital based cross sectional study was conducted from January to December 2017 among children less than 5 years of age attending Kanti Children's Hospital and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. (biomedcentral.com)
- By the age of five years, nearly every child has been infected at least once and reinfection is mild [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, aims to reduce morbidity and mortality in children between two months and five years of age ( 1 ) , by improving the quality of care offered by Primary Care ( 2 ) . (bvs.br)
- With regard to prevalent diseases, a cohort study conducted in Sweden, with the objective of assessing the association between breastfeeding and hospitalizations for infectious diseases in children up to four years of age, revealed that the risk of hospitalizations for infectious diseases decreased with EBF duration. (bvs.br)
- When we look at the age spectrum, then we see primarily children younger than five years of age. (cdc.gov)
Young children9
- Rotavirus gastroenteritis is the second most common disease of infants and young children. (uwi.edu)
- The spread of measles, which has been most pronounced in regions of the South Island and Auckland, has been blamed by experts on New Zealand's low rate of vaccination of young children relative to other developed countries. (sciencemediacentre.co.nz)
- The holiday resort was not closed where 110 young children are staying for one month. (barfblog.com)
- Despite recent advances, there are still no interventions that have been developed for the specific treatment of young children who have anxiety disorders. (cxcrinhibitor.com)
- A prospective longitudinal study in young children. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
- Infants and young children are most likely to get rotavirus disease. (healthcareassociates.net)
- Rotavirus spreads easily among infants and young children. (healthcareassociates.net)
- Rotavirus disease is most common in infants and young children. (darkskiesfilm.com)
- Jan Vinjé] Yeah, the young children. (cdc.gov)
Vaccine8
- In February 2006, a live, oral, human-bovine reassortant rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeq® [RV5]) was licensed as a 3-dose series for use among U.S. infants for the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis, and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of RV5 among U.S. infants (CDC. (cdc.gov)
- We estimated the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of RV1 and RV5 against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis caused by vaccine (homotypic) and nonvaccine (partially and fully heterotypic) strains. (cdc.gov)
- Instead of 3 or 4 million cases a year (20% of whom were hospitalized with complications, most often pneumonia or gastroenteritis) prior to vaccine, we have had fewer than 100 cases per year over the past decade in the U.S. Those few cases almost all result from importations. (sciencemediacentre.co.nz)
- As one of the scientists who came up with the measles vaccine, how do you feel about parents refusing the vaccine for their children in wealthy Western countries when children in the developing world still have limited access to vaccination? (sciencemediacentre.co.nz)
- Most children can get a vaccine for Rotovirus, it has been available since 2006. (healthcareassociates.net)
- These results showed HAdV circulation among the infant population in Belém, demonstrating its importance as gastroenteritis agent either hospitalized or not, both before and after the RV vaccine introduction on the Brazilian public health network. (iec.gov.br)
- Protect your child with rotavirus vaccine. (darkskiesfilm.com)
- Children with complete immunization coverage received at least three doses of pneumococcal and anti Haemophilus influenzae vaccine and two doses of measles vaccine. (scirp.org)
Sporadic1
- With regard to sporadic enteritis in Italian children, the few studies performed have reported prevalence rates from 2.1% to 18.6% ( 8 - 11 ). (cdc.gov)
Infectious Diseases1
- From January to December 2004, 390 fecal specimens were obtained from 365 children with acute gastroenteritis within 24 hours of admission to the Department of Infectious Diseases at the G. Di Cristina Children's Hospital in Palermo, Italy. (cdc.gov)
Abdominal1
- The plaintiff was hospitalized for severe abdominal pain, and a defendant surgeon was instructed to perform an appendectomy. (millerandzois.com)
Cases6
- Children and young people comprise only 1-2% of cases of novel coronavirus [COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)] worldwide. (pediatriconcall.com)
- [ 1 ] Prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, an estimated 179 million cases of acute gastroenteritis occurred every year in the United States. (medscape.com)
- We report on two cases of reflux oesophageal strictures occurring in children, both having the rare genetic disorder, Cornelia de Lange syndrome, and discuss their management. (uwi.edu)
- Children in "wealthy" nations do not suffer that sort of mortality (1 per 500 measles cases rather than 5-10% of them) but 20% end up in hospital and some of them may be left with enduring sequelae (pulmonary, neurologic, hearing, visual). (sciencemediacentre.co.nz)
- No cases of RRV-TV-associated intussusception occurred in infants and children vaccinated after July 16, 1999. (darkskiesfilm.com)
- We reviewed the cases of children aged between 1 and 59 months hospitalized between January and December 2015 in the pediatric intensive care unit of the CHU of Brazzaville and retained those whose diagnosis of discharge was an ALRI. (scirp.org)
Morbidity1
- Episodes of AGE can result in substantial morbidity to children and their families. (usda.gov)
Complications1
- Little is known about the epidemiology and outcomes of neurologic complications associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children. (aap.org)
Among children2
- severe dehydrating gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus occurred primarily among children aged 4-23 months ( 13--15 ). (cdc.gov)
- Gastroenteritis, sometimes incorrectly called "stomach flu," is the most common gastrointestinal disorder among children. (msdmanuals.com)
Incidence1
- The introduction of two rotavirus vaccines in the United Statesin 2006 significantly reduced the incidence of rotavirus gastroenteritis. (fliphtml5.com)