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[Infection caused by rotavirus in children hospitalized because of gastroenteritis in Yucatan, Mexico]. 1989

F I Puerto, and M R Puerto, and G G Polanco, and G Santamaría

A one year study was performed in patients hospitalized by gastroenteritis. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of gastroenteritis by rotavirus, as well as which subgroups and electropherotypes are the prevailing ones. Electrophoresis technique in polyacrylamide gel was used to detect ribonucleic acid of rotavirus directly obtained from feces. Results indicated that rotavirus was the cause of gastroenteritis in 28.8% of the patients studied; prevailing subgroup II. Four electropherotypes of 34 virus isolated were detected, unlike other countries where have been isolated 19 virus.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008800	Mexico	A country in NORTH AMERICA, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between BELIZE and the UNITED STATES, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the UNITED STATES.
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004591	Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel	Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium.	Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGE,Gel Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide,SDS PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGEs
D005759	Gastroenteritis	INFLAMMATION of any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, HYPERSENSITIVITY, drug effects, and CANCER.	Gastroenteritides
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012367	RNA, Viral	Ribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of viruses.	Viral RNA
D012400	Rotavirus Infections	Infection with any of the rotaviruses. Specific infections include human infantile diarrhea, neonatal calf diarrhea, and epidemic diarrhea of infant mice.	Infection, Rotavirus,Infections, Rotavirus,Rotavirus Infection