Table V.

Rotavirus infection in the community

Centre	Community	Year of study	Screening	Symptoms	No.  Tested		Positive
					n#	n#	%
Delhi56	Semi urban	NK	ELISA	Symptomatic	212	45	21.2
				Asymptomatic	82	2	2.4
North India57	Urban/rural	1982 - 1983	ELISA	Symptomatic	150	44	29.3
				Asymptomatic	350*	43	12.3
Chandigarh58	Urban/peri-urban/rural	1988 - 1991	ELISA	Symptomatic	218	25	11.5
Haryana59	Rural	1985 - 1986	ELISA	Symptomatic	346	14	4
				Asymptomatic	211	14	6.6
Varanasi60	Urban	1988 - 1989	LA	Symptomatic			17.7
				Asymptomatic			4
Vellore38	Urban	2002 - 2004	ELISA	Symptomatic	1152	82	7.1

NK, not known;

^#No. of samples;

^*No. of children tested positive for rotavirus; No. of samples collected per child not given LA, latex agglutination; ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay