Presencia de rotavirus en las heces de niños sanos, de una «guardería» de la Ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán

Javier J Flores Abuxapqui; Guadalupe de J Suárez Hoil; Mario R Heredia Navarrete; Miguel A Puc Franco; María de la L Vivas Rosel

1998, Number 6

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Rev Mex Pediatr 1998; 65 (6)

Presencia de rotavirus en las heces de niños sanos, de una «guardería» de la Ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán

Flores AJJ, Suárez HGJ, Heredia NMR, Puc FMA, Vivas RML

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ABSTRACT

This study was done in order to identified children infected by rotavirus in a cohort of 31 healthy children below 3, years of age followed during six months in a day care center in the City of Merida. During the study feces of the children were collected biweekly.
Detection was done by using a commercial ELISA test. Three hundred fifty six samples of feces were collected and from them, 3 (0.8%) were positive, and corresponded to 3 children; none of them had diarrhea in that moment those cases occured during an outbreak of rotavirus in the City. Children had diarrhea butthey stayed at home. Their positivity could be because children infected with rotavirus may continue excreting it until 2 weeks after disease, remaining as carriers.

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