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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(5):243-245; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.5.243
© 1987 by Oxford University Press
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Rotavirus Diarrhoea of Infancy and Childhood in a North Indian Town—Epidemiological Aspects

A. Malik, A. Rattan, M. Ashraf Malik* and I. Shukla

Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh (Uttar Praadesh), India
*Department of Paediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh (Uttar Praadesh), India

Correspondence: Dr. A. Malik, P.O. 13071, Benghazi, Libya.

Out of 216 cases of diarrhoea below 5 years of age studied over a period of 1 year at the Medical College Hospital in Aligarh, rotavirus was detected in the faeces of 40 (18.5 per cent) patients. Children below 12 months of age were most commonly affected. The virus was detected throughout the year with higher incidence during winter months. The disease was seen with more or less equal prevalence in different social classes, with no significant effect of poor sanitation and unhygienic water supply. A higher incidence (45 per cent) of rotavirus diarrhoea was observed in breast-fed infants.


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