title: Pediatric Rotavirus Gastroenteritis: A 2 year Analysis to Understand Current Prevalence in Mumbai creator: Nerurkar, V creator: Dhole, V creator: Kothari, N creator: Bhatia, S subject: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences description: Many studies have established the high prevalence of paediatric Rotavirus gastroenteritis in India. The importance of rapid diagnosis of rotavirus infection has also been stressed upon, to initiate prompt rehydration therapy and prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics .We undertook a retrospective analysis of 327 paediatric stool specimens to understand the current prevalence and seasonal distribution of cases in Mumbai and its surrounding areas. Overall Rotavirus positivity rate was 37.9 %, with peak positivity in winter seasons. Infections were more common upto 2 years of age. Incidence of bacterial and parasitic coinfections was low. publisher: BS Kakkilaya contributor: Kakkilaya, Dr Srinivas date: 2011-04-15 type: Journal (On-line/Unpaginated) type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf identifier: http://cogprints.org/7826/1/2011-1-15.pdf identifier: Nerurkar, V and Dhole, V and Kothari, N and Bhatia, S (2011) Pediatric Rotavirus Gastroenteritis: A 2 year Analysis to Understand Current Prevalence in Mumbai. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] relation: http://cogprints.org/7826/