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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Dec;35(12):e392–e398. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001327

Table 2.

Rotavirus detection rates for 10 outpatient studies of pediatric diarrhea among children <5 years of age in urban China, 1998–2013

Location Study characteristics Patient characteristics
Study period (year/month) Duration (months) Number % rotavirus positivea Reference
Northern China
Beijing  1998/4–2001/3 36 275 27.3 [7]
Changchun  1998/7–2001/6 36 155 31.0 [8]
Rizhao  2007/1–2009/12 36 997 35.4 [46]b
Central China
Nanchang  2009/7–2011/6 24 234 30.8 [36]
Southern China
Jinzhou  2003/1–2004/12 24 646 30.7 [48]
Xiamen  2009/1–2011/12 36 2566 30.6 [49]
Shaoxing  2010/1–2012/12 36 10140 12.3 [55]
Guangzhou  2011/6–2013/5 24 709 21.6 [50]
Pinghu  2013/1–2013/12 12 1059 23.6 [51]
Various locations
  2 cities  2012/8–2013/7 12 213 31.0 [42]
Median(range) 623(155–10,140) 30.8(12.3–52.0)
a

Detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay;

b

included children 60 months of age