Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children

In Costa Rica, an annual outbreak of infant diarrheal disease (December and January) was reported since 1976, and rotavirus was incriminated 1ater as the main etiological agent (1976-1981). Apparently the disease has not been systematically studied in Costa Rica after 1981. For that reason the occur...

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Autores principales:	González, Paulina, Sánches, Abelino, Rivera, Patricia, Jiménez, Carlos, Hemández, Francisco
Formato:	Online
Idioma:	eng
Publicado:	Universidad de Costa Rica 1997
Acceso en línea:	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/21087

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spelling	RBT210872022-05-25T20:48:09Z Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children González, Paulina Sánches, Abelino Rivera, Patricia Jiménez, Carlos Hemández, Francisco diarrhea diarrheal disease outbreak rotavirus coronavirus diarrhea diarrheal disease outbreak rotavirus coronavirus In Costa Rica, an annual outbreak of infant diarrheal disease (December and January) was reported since 1976, and rotavirus was incriminated 1ater as the main etiological agent (1976-1981). Apparently the disease has not been systematically studied in Costa Rica after 1981. For that reason the occurrence of the outbreak was retrospective1y documented for 1993-1995 and etiology was studied in 48 children treated for diarrhea at the Nacional Children Hospital (capital city of San Jose) during December, 1994 and January, 1995. Rotavirus (33%) and coronavirus (27%) were the main agents. To our knowledge, this is the first time that these viruses are incriminated in an outbreak of diarrhea. In Costa Rica, an annual outbreak of infant diarrheal disease (December and January) was reported since 1976, and rotavirus was incriminated 1ater as the main etiological agent (1976-1981). Apparently the disease has not been systematically studied in Costa Rica after 1981. For that reason the occurrence of the outbreak was retrospective1y documented for 1993-1995 and etiology was studied in 48 children treated for diarrhea at the Nacional Children Hospital (capital city of San Jose) during December, 1994 and January, 1995. Rotavirus (33%) and coronavirus (27%) were the main agents. To our knowledge, this is the first time that these viruses are incriminated in an outbreak of diarrhea. Universidad de Costa Rica 1997-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/21087 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 45 No. 3 (1997): Volume 45 – Regular number 3 – September 1997; 989–991 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 45 Núm. 3 (1997): Volumen 45 – Volumen regular 3 – Setiembre 1997; 989–991 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 45 N.º 3 (1997): Volume 45 – Regular number 3 – September 1997; 989–991 2215-2075 0034-7744 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/21087/21211 Copyright (c) 1997 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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author	González, Paulina Sánches, Abelino Rivera, Patricia Jiménez, Carlos Hemández, Francisco
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author_facet	González, Paulina Sánches, Abelino Rivera, Patricia Jiménez, Carlos Hemández, Francisco
author_sort	González, Paulina
description	In Costa Rica, an annual outbreak of infant diarrheal disease (December and January) was reported since 1976, and rotavirus was incriminated 1ater as the main etiological agent (1976-1981). Apparently the disease has not been systematically studied in Costa Rica after 1981. For that reason the occurrence of the outbreak was retrospective1y documented for 1993-1995 and etiology was studied in 48 children treated for diarrhea at the Nacional Children Hospital (capital city of San Jose) during December, 1994 and January, 1995. Rotavirus (33%) and coronavirus (27%) were the main agents. To our knowledge, this is the first time that these viruses are incriminated in an outbreak of diarrhea.
title	Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children
title_short	Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children
title_full	Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children
title_fullStr	Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children
title_full_unstemmed	Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children
title_sort	rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in costa rican children
title_alt	Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children
publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate	1997
url	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/21087
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Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children

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