Clinical characteristic of viral diarrhea in Uzbekistan

The paper studies features of clinical manifestation of acute gastroenteritis with different (rotavirus, adenovirus, and astrovirus) etiology in children in Uzbekistan. Totally 1050 children of age 6-59 months hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis were enrolled into study. Viral etiology was determined in 67.5% of cases. Rotavirus differs from the adenoviral infection with acute onset, severe feverish reaction, repeated vomiting, more frequent and severe intoxication and character of diarrhea. Clinical manifestation of adenovirus differs from rotavirus and adenovirus with subacute onset, lower frequency of vomiting, more frequent development of exsicosis degree I and II, expressed by abdominal pain and flatulence. Astrovirus infection is characterized by acute onset, frequent, repeated, profuse vomiting on background of subfebrile temperature and watery diarrhea. Duration of clinical signs of diarrhea is greater at adenovirus.