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15 March 2008

Volume 46, Number 6
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;46:e51–e55
1058-4838/2008/4606-00E2$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/527449
BRIEF REPORT

Burden of Rotavirus‐Associated and Non–Rotavirus‐Associated Diarrhea among Nonhospitalized Individuals in Central Italy: A 1‐Year Sentinel‐Based Epidemiological and Virological Surveillance

Filippo Ansaldi,1

Piero Lai,1

Laura Valle,1

Rosamaria Riente,1

Paolo Durando,1

Laura Sticchi,1

Pierluigi Tucci,2

Paolo Biasci,2

Pietro Crovari,1

Roberto Gasparini,1 and

Giancarlo Icardi,1 for the

Paediatric Leghorn Group

1Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, and the 2Italian Federation of Paediatricians, Leghorn, Italy

A community sentinel pediatrician–based epidemiological and virological surveillance study was conducted to estimate the incidence of gastroenteritis and laboratory‐confirmed rotavirus‐associated disease. The 1‐year cumulative incidence of gastroenteritis in the cohort of children aged 0–5 years was 21%, with the highest rates in the 7–12‐month and 13–18‐month age groups (41.1% and 41.7%, respectively). Approximately one‐third of gastroenteritis cases requiring an office visit or telephone consultation were attributable to rotavirus infection.

Received 1 August 2007; accepted 8 November 2007; electronically published 7 February 2008.

Reprints and correspondence: Dr. Filippo Ansaldi, Dept. of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via Pastore 1, 16100 Genoa, Italy ().
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