Voorbeelden van rotavirus

• The successful introduction of any vaccination programme may be dependent on the diversity of co-circulating rotavirus stains and the dynamic nature of this diversity.

• In fact, the number of patients seen for gastroenteritis and for rotavirus gastroenteritis both increased by about 25 % (data not showed).

• The properties of these rotavirus antibodies, particularly whether they are able to neutralise the viruses, remain uncertain.

• Cellular immunity was also found to have a role in protection after live rotavirus immunisation, particularly in mice.

• Laboratory results confirming rotavirus or bacterial infection may be returned to the ward after the discharge diagnosis data have been completed.

• Statistical analysis revealed that seasonality had a strong influence on the number of rotavirus diarrhoea cases admitted to the hospital.

• There were 7.5 % of children without a diarrhoea diagnosis that were also rotavirus positive.

• This large proportion of intussusception-associated hospitalizations should be given attention, when the overall attributable risk of rotavirus vaccines for inducing intussusception is addressed.

• The children who acquired rotavirus infection during their hospital stay comprised less than 7 % of the sample.

• Evidence that a novel rotavirus like agent of rats can cause gastroenteritis in man.

• Improved detection of rotavirus shedding by polymerase chain-reaction.

• Rapid diagnosis of rotavirus infection by the direct detection of viral nucleic acid in silver stained polyacrylamide gels.

• Of all specimens sent from patients with a primary diagnosis of diarrhoea, 37 % were positive for rotavirus.

• The other viral outbreaks (rotavirus and adenovirus) were all transmitted by person-toperson contact.

• The results suggest that breast feeding is protective against gastro-enteritis with rotavirus.