DIARRHEA CAUSED BY SHIGELLA, ROTAVIRUS, AND GIARDIA IN DAY-CARE-CENTERS - PROSPECTIVE-STUDY
DIARRHEA CAUSED BY SHIGELLA, ROTAVIRUS, AND GIARDIA IN DAY-CARE-CENTERS - PROSPECTIVE-STUDY
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(81)80956-0
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
EVANS, DJ
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作者:
PICKERING, LK;EVANS, DG;EVANS, DJ
A 19 mo. prospective study of children attending 20 day care centers [DCC] was conducted to determine the occurrence, causes and transmission of gastroenteritis among children, staff and family members. Nine centers had 15 outbreaks of diarrhea involving 195 persons. An enteropathogen was identified in all outbreaks. Shigella was detected in 5 outbreaks, rotavirus in 2, Giardia in 1, and, in the remaining 7, multiple enteropathogens were identified. Rotavirus and Giardia occurred only in children < 3 yr of age; shigellosis occurred at all ages. IN 6 DCC, 68 single cases of diarrhea were not associated with an outbreak; an enteropathogen was identified in only 3 (4%) persons. Family members (34), (11%) developed diarrhea associated with the occurrence of gastroenteritis in children in 6 DCC evaluated for this problem. Secondary attack rates of diarrhea in families according to organisms identified in the DCC outbreaks were: Shigella, 26%; rotavirus, 15%; and G. lamblia, 17%. Thus, DCC may play an important role in the epidemiology and transmission of gastroenteritis in the USA.