Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Research
Healthcare-associated Viral Gastroenteritis among Children in a Large Pediatric Hospital, United Kingdom
Nigel A. Cunliffe
, J. Angela Booth, Claire Elliot, Sharon J. Lowe, Will Sopwith, Nick Kitchin, Osamu Nakagomi, Toyoko Nakagomi, C. Anthony Hart1, and Martyn Regan
, J. Angela Booth, Claire Elliot, Sharon J. Lowe, Will Sopwith, Nick Kitchin, Osamu Nakagomi, Toyoko Nakagomi, C. Anthony Hart1, and Martyn ReganTable 2
Comparison of types of viruses detected among children hospitalized at Alder Hey Hospital for HA-AGE versus CA-AGE, Liverpool, UK, 2006–2007*
| Virus | No. (%) case-patients |
|
|---|---|---|
| HA-AGE, n = 225 | CA-AGE, n = 351 | |
| Rotavirus | 70 (31) | 150 (43) |
| Norovirus | 36 (16) | 54 (15) |
| Adenovirus 40/41 | 34 (15) | 49 (14) |
| Astrovirus | 12 (5) | 16 (5) |
| Sapovirus | 5 (2) | 22 (6) |
| Any virus detected | 120 (53) | 219 (62) |
| No virus detected | 105 (47) | 132 (38) |
*CA-AGE, community-acquired acute gastroenteritis; HA-AGE, healthcare-associated acute gastroenteritis.
