Hospital-based surveillance of rotavirus and other viral agents of diarrhea in children and adults in Russia, 2005-2007.

Full Abstract

During a 2-year period in 2005-2007, we conducted surveillance of group A rotaviruses and other enteric agents among patients hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in 8 different cities of the Russian Federation. Fecal specimens were gathered from 3208 children (including 2848 children aged <5 years) and 1354 adults who were admitted to hospitals in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Nizhnii Novgorod, Tyumen, Khabarovsk, Makhachkala, and Yakutsk. Polymerase chain reaction was performed to detect rotaviruses of groups A and C, noroviruses of genogroups I and II, astrovirus, sapovirus, and enteric adenoviruses (group F). Group A rotavirus was the most common viral pathogen detected among children aged <5 years (43.6%), followed by norovirus (12.5%), whereas norovirus was the pathogen most commonly detected in adults (11.9%). P and G genotypes were determined for 515 rotavirus specimens, and the most prevalent genotypes were G1P[8] (44.9%), G4P[8] (40.0%), G2P[4] (8.5%), and G3P[8] (6.6%). This study is the first multicenter study of rotaviruses in the Russian Federation and documents the important burden of disease caused by this pathogen, which soon may be preventable by vaccination.

Author information

Author/s: Podkolzin, A T (AT); Fenske, E B (EB); Abramycheva, N Yu (NY); Shipulin, G A (GA); Sagalova, O I (OI); Mazepa, V N (VN); Ivanova, G N (GN); Semena, A V (AV); Tagirova, Z G (ZG); Alekseeva, M N (MN); Molochny, V P (VP); Parashar, U D (UD); Vinjé, J (J); Maleev, V V (VV); Glass, R I (RI); Pokrovsky, V I (VI);

Affiliation: Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. apodkolzin(-atsign-)pcr.ru

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The Journal of infectious diseases (J Infect Dis), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Nov; vol 200 Suppl 1 (issue ) : pp S228-33

Dates: Created 2009/10/12; Completed 2009/11/03;

PMID: 19817602, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/3/2009, IMS Date: )

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