Titre : | Seroepidemiology of group C rotavirus infection in England and Wales. (2004) |
Auteurs : | Miren ITURRIZA-GOMARA ; David BROWN ; Ian CLARKE ; Ulrich DESSELBERGER ; Jim GRAVY ; Daniel Thomas ; Health Protection Agency. Enteric Respiratory and Neurological Virus Laboratory. Enteric Virus Unit. London. GBR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 19, n° 6, 2004) |
Pagination : | 589-595 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Sérologie ; Epidémiologie ; Virus ; Gastroentérite ; Virose ; Infection ; Angleterre ; Grande Bretagne ; Royaume Uni ; Europe ; Pays de Galles ; Milieu rural ; Milieu urbain ; Homme ; Appareil digestif [pathologie] ; Estomac [pathologie] ; Intestin [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS kyPAcR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. A total of 3199 serum samples collected in 1993-1994 from two population cohorts from England and Wales were tested for the prevalence of IgG antibodies specifically directed against group C rotavirus VP6. Seroprevalence was 39% (95% confidence intervals : 37.0-40.4%). Seroprevalence was highest (46.0%) in the oldest age group (61-70 years of age). Infection with group C rotaviruses occurred at an earlier age and with higher incidence in rural than in urban populations. These results may suggest transmission from animals to humans, however further work is required to identify the reservoir of group C rotavirus for human infection. |