TABLE 2.

Characteristics of premature infants aged <3 years and 3 to 5 years hospitalized for rotavirus diarrhea during the 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010 epidemics whose parents lived in the Brest University Hospital catchment area

Variable	2007-2008 epidemic		2008-2009 epidemic		2009-2010 epidemic
	Premature infants <3 yr (n = 3)	Infants aged 3–5 yr (n = 12)	Premature infants <3 yr (n = 3)	Infants aged 3–5 yr (n = 12)	Premature infants <3 yr (n = 3)	Infants aged 3–5 yr (n = 12)
Age at entry (median [range]) (mo)	19 (15–19)	43 (36–59)	14 (13–28)	42 (38–50)	26	48 (36–59)
Gestational age (median [range]) (wk)	35 (26–35)		29 (25–35)		28
Birth wt (median [range]) (g)	2215 (1030–2260)		1210 (880–2250)		1330
Temp of >38°C (no. [%])	3 (100)	6 (50)	0 (0)	5 (42)	1 (100)	7 (46)
Duration of diarrhea (median [range]) (days)	1 (1–2)	2 (1–4)	1 (1–4)	2 (0–5)	2	2 (0–5)
>7 diarrhea episodes in previous 24 h (no. [%])	0 (0)	2 (16)	1 (33)	2 (16)	1 (100)	1 (6)
No. of episodes of vomiting in previous 24 h (median [range])	6 (1–9); NKa = 1	5 (0–20); NK = 1	5 (1–7)	4 (1–20)	9	10 (0–19)
No. of symptoms of dehydration (median [range])	1 (1–2)	3 (0–5)	2 (0–2)	2 (1–7)	1	2 (0–5)
Estimated wt loss of infants (no. [%])
<5%	3	3 (26)	3	5 (42)	1	6 (46)
5–10%	0	7 (58)	0	5 (42)	0	5 (38)
>10%	0	2 (16)	0	2 (16)	0	2 (16); NK = 2
Infants requiring treatment with intravenous fluids, (no. [%])	2 (66)	12 (100)	2 (66)	15 (100)	1 (100)	15 (100)

^aNK, not known.