Rotavirus gastroenteritis in pediatrics

: During a one year period, 2.179 stool specimen coming from 1.608 children attending our Hospital, were reviewed. These children were both with or without gastrointestinal symptomatology. Rotavirus determination by an ELISA method and routine stool culture were performed to every specimen. Rotavirus incident in the symptomatic group is 27,61%, meanwhile bacterial pathogens represent a 27,29%. It is studied the seasonal variation of virus emission and its distribution depending on children age. According to those appreciations, we think that the method applied in our study is important in order to determine the causal agent of many infantile gastroenteritis.