Clinical manifestations of the rotavirus infection and his relation with the electropherotypes and serotypes detected during 1998 and 1999 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

Background: Group A rotavirus (RV) is associated with acute infectious diarrhea (AID) in children and adults. The clinical manifestations of RV infection are classified as slight, moderate and severe and could be the results of differing rotaviral serotypes. Attempts have been made to correlate the severity of the infection with specific RV groups, subgroups (SG) serotypes and electropherotypes, but the results have been inconclusive.

[Rotavirus infections in Yucatan, Mexico, in 2000].

Objective: To describe the cases of rotavirus infection occurred in Yucatan, Mexico, in the year 2000.

Material And Methods: From January to May 2000, were studied 668 patients with acute infectious diarrhea and their fecal samples. A questionnaire was applied and the samples were analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with silver stained.