Hospitalisations for gastroenteritis: the role of rotavirus

Rotavirus and not age determines gastroenteritis severity in children: a hospital-based study

“…The incidence of rotavirus diarrhoea requiring hospital admission in children presenting at the emergency department was 40%, which is similar to that reported in other European countries [11,18,20,21], but lower than the 70% rate found in Canada [24].…”

Weather, Water Quality and Infectious Gastrointestinal Illness in Two Inuit Communities in Nunatsiavut, Canada: Potential Implications for Climate Change

“…Some pathogens that results in IGI are predominately transmitted from person-to-person (e.g., Norovirus and rotavirus) and most likely contributed to the count of IGI-related clinic visits. Past research suggests a strong winter seasonal pattern in North America for rotavirus (Cook et al, 1990;Glass et al, 1996;Rivest et al, 2004;Malek et al, 2006) and Norovirus (Edge et al, 2006;Lopman et al, 2011); however, a peak in IGI-related clinic visits in the winter months was not observed in Nain. Therefore, IGI-related clinic visits in Nain were either not dominated by Norovirus and rotavirus, or the infections in this study population due to these pathogens did not follow the same seasonal trend as other North American studies.…”

Background paper to the recommendation for routine rotavirus vaccination of infants in Germany

“…The disease spectrum ranges from a mild, short-lasting course to severe and dehydrating diarrhoea that may lead in rare circumstances to complications such as seizures, CNS involvement, or even death [30,31,32]. In RVinfected patients, diarrhoea and vomiting is more common and prolonged than in paediatric gastroenteritis caused by other pathogens, and fever is reported in 30-70% of children [33,34,35,36,37,38]. Gastrointestinal symptoms resolve usually in <7 days, and at 1-month followup 88% of children have returned to their usual health status [39].…”