. 2008 Dec 4;38(6):1487–1496. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyn260

Table 1.

Summary of Studies included in Review

Ref.	City	Country	Latitude	Altitude	Avg. yearly rainfall (cm)	Range of monthly avg. rainfall (cm)	Yearly avg. Temp. (C)	Range of monthly avg. temp. (C)	Period of study	Total # RV seen	Ages included	Setting	Temp	Rain	RH	Peak Rotavirus season as noted by authors
23	Dhaka	Bangladesh	24N	9	197	2–39^a	26	19–29	7/89–6/90	756	All ages	Hospital	+	+		Peak from July to January
24	Dhaka	Bangladesh	24N	9	197	2–39^a	26	19–29	1/90–12/93	1561	<5	Hospital	−	−		Distinct peak in cool dry months
25	Dhaka	Bangladesh	24N	9	197	2–39^a	26	19–29	12/79–11/80	635	All ages	Hospital	−			Detection most common in winter
26	Matlab	Bangladesh	23N	10	235	n/a	25	n/a	1/87–5/89	898	All ages	2 diarrhoea treatment centers +1 hospital	−	−^*		Peaks in the dry winter months and coinciding with a major flood
27	Hong Kong	China	22N	24	218	2–39	23	16–29	8/94–7/95	130	<5	Hospital	−	−^*		Peak in the cooler, drier months
28	Hong Kong	China	22N	24	218	2–39	23	16–29	1/87–12/96	2281	All ages	Hospital	−	−^*		Peak in winter
29	Hong Kong	China	22N	24	218	2–39	23	16–29	4/01–3/03	1764	<5	4 hospitals	−	−	−^*	Clear winter seasonal peak; infrequently identified in the summer season
30	Hong Kong	China	22N	24	218	2–39	23	16–29	6/83–5/84	256	<5	Hospital	−	−^*		Peaked during the winter months
31	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	22N	11	4.5	0.1–2^a	28	23–32	3/88–12/92	523	Infants & young children	Hospital	−	+^*		Increase in incidence in the cooler months
32	Mexico City	Mexico	19N	2233	63	1–12^a	17	13–19	12/76–1/78	62	<5	2 hospitals		−		More frequent in autumn than winter
33	Mexico City	Mexico	19N	2233	63	1–12^a	17	13–19	12/99–2/01	76	<2	5 hospitals	−	−^*		Marked increase in fall-winter
34	Pune	India	18N	559	70	0.1–17.5	24	20–29	7/92–6/96	266	<5	Hospital		−^*		More common in cooler months
35	Yangon	Myanmar	17N	28	(147 days)	1–28	27	25–31	1/02–12/03	923	<5	Tertiary care hospital	−		−^*	Cool, dry season
36	Vellore	India	13N	204	127	n/a	28	n/a	8/83–7/85	163	<3	Hospital		+		Peak in winter and SW monsoon season
37	Coro	Venezuela	11N	17	41	1–7	28	27–30	12/84–12/87	115	<5	Hospital	−^*	+^*		Peaks in cooler months
38	Caracas	Venezuela	10N	834	(105 days)	2–14	23	21–24	11/75–12/76	121	<5	Hospital	−^*	−^*		More frequent November - February
39	San Jose	Costa Rica	10N	920	179	1–30^a	20	18–21	4/76–3/77	49	<8	Hospital + outpatient clinic	+		−	Higher in dry season
40	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	9N	2354	121	1–28	16	15–18	12/83–12/84	109	<3	Hospital	+^*	−^*		Year-round
41	Nairobi	Kenya	1S	1623	75	1–16	19	17–21	5/75–4/76	66	All ages	Hospital		+		Lowest during the long rains
42	Nairobi	Kenya	1S	1623	75	1–16	19	17–21	12/81–6/83	133	<2	Hospital		+^*	−^*	Peak in times of dry, hot weather & low relative humidity
43	Guayaquil	Ecuador	2S	9	108	1–28 a	26	25–27	4/78–12/81	376	Infants & young children	Hospital	−^*	−^*		Detection rate higher in the dry season than the wet season
44	Yogyakarta	Indonesia	8S	106	218	2–35	25	24–26	6/78–6/79	126	<12	Hospital	+^*		−^*	Decrease when moved from dry to wet conditions
45	Apia	Western Samoa	14S	2	285	8–45	26	25–26	6/83–6/85	67	<2	Hospital	+	+^*		More common in the dry season
46	Lusaka	Zambia	15S	1153	(60 days)	1–13^a	21	16–25	1/92–12/92	256	<5	Hospital	−	−^*		Higher rate in the dry season
47	Minas Gerais	Brazil	22S	939	150	N/a	18	n/a	1/98–12/98	80	<5	Hospital	−^*	−^*		Peak in coldest driest month
48	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	23S	6	109	4–13	25	22–28	1/81–12/84	265	<5	Hospital	−^*	−		Peak in ‘winter’ or dry season

Sign of coefficient of slope of regression between monthly rotavirus incidicene and monthly tempeature (Temp), monthly rainfall (Rain) and relative humidity (RH) given in all cases where data was available.

^aData not available for every month.

*Significant (P<0.05).