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Rotavirus Infection in Neonates at a University Hospital in Korea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Chang-Ryul Kim ,
Jae Won Oh ,
Myung Kul Yum ,
Jung Han Lee  and
Jung Oak Kang
Chang-Ryul Kim*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Jae Won Oh
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Myung Kul Yum
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Jung Han Lee
Affiliation:
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Jung Oak Kang
Affiliation:
Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
*
Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, 249-1 Gyomun-dong, Guri-si, Gyunggi-do 471-701, Korea( crkim@hanyang.ac.kr)
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Abstract

To develop measures to prevent neonatal rotavirus infection, we carried out rotavirus surveillance testing on all the newborns who were admitted to a newborn nursery in Korea during 1 year. We investigated the characteristics of neonatal rotavirus infection and found that it occurred throughout the year with the G4P[6] strain exclusively. Most newborns were infected nosocomially and showed no symptoms. We concluded that rotavirus might be transmitted from asymptomatic infected newborns who were born outside the hospital. We recommend isolation and rotavirus surveillance testing for all transfer patients.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 9 , September 2009 , pp. 893 - 895
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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