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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of rotavirus-positive children hospitalized with rotavirus acute gastroenteritis by G and P genotypes.

From: Epidemiological and clinical features of rotavirus among children younger than 5 years of age hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Northern Italy

Genotype

Ruuska-Vesikari scale

Dehydration (%)

Diarrhea (no. of days)

Maximum rectal temperature (°C)

Vomiting (no. of days)

Behavioral symptoms

G1 (n = 74)

13 (5-19)

1.8 (0-10)

5 (1-10)

38.7 (36.6-40)

2 (0-7)

55 (74.3)

G2 (n = 24)

13 (8-19)

0 (0-13.2)

4.5 (2-8)

38.7 (36.8-40.0)

2 (0-4)

18 (75.0)

G3 (n = 10)

13 (9-15)

1.9 (0-10.9)

3 (2-4)

39.6 (36.8-40.4)

1 (0-4)

7 (70.0)

G4 (n = 7)

14 (7-17)

0 (0-6.0)

5 (2-5)

39.0 (38.3-39.5)

1 (1-2)

5 (71.4)

G9 (n = 41)

13 (5-17)

0 (0-8.2)

5 (2-10)

38.8 (36.8-40.0)

2 (0-6)

29 (70.7)

G10 (n = 3)

14 (4-15)

2.6 (2.5-3.9)

4 (2-11)

39.2 (39.0-39.5)

2 (0-2)

2 (66.7)

G1+G9 (n = 3)

13 (11-13)

2.2 (1.1-3.5)

4 (4-5)

39.0 (38.7-39.0)

2 (1-6)

2 (66.7)

G1+G10 (n = 16)

12 (7-16)

0 (0-5.6)

5 (4-7)

38.0 (36.7-39.2)

2 (0-4)

11 (68.7)

G2+G10 (n = 2)

13.5 (11-16)

4.7 (2.6-6.8)

6 (3-9)

39.7 (39.5-39.9)

1 (1-1)

2 (100.0)

Nontypeable for G (n = 2)

11.5 (10-13)

0 (0-0)

5.5 (4-7)

37.7 (37.0-38.4)

2.5 (1-4)

1 (50.0)

P 8 (n = 123)

13 (5-19)

1.3 (0-10)

5 (1-9)

38.8 (36.7-40.0)

2 (0-6)

89 (72.4)

P 4 (n = 23)

13 (8-19)

0 (0-13.2)

4.5 (2-8)

38.7 (36.8-40.4)

2 (0-3)

16 (69.6)

Nontypeable for P (n = 36)

13 (4-19)

0.7 (0-10)

5 (2-11)

38.8 (36.6-40-0)

2 (0-7)

21 (58.3)

Whole sample

13 (4-19)

0.75 (0-13.2)

5 (1-11)

38.8 (36.6-40.4)

2 (0-7)

133 (73.1)

  1. Median (range) or number (percentage) of children