Table 3.

Severity of symptoms by rotavirus (RV) status.

	RV-positive (N = 231)		RV-negative (N = 375)
Symptom	n	%	n	%
Diarrhea
Yes	227	98.3	370	98.9
No	4	1.7	4	1.1
Missing	0	-	1	-
Number of stools per day (maximum)
1–3	20	8.8	51	13.8
4–5	104	45.8	195	52.7
≥ 6	103	45.4	124	33.5
Days of diarrhea
1–4	139	61.2	258	69.7
5	44	19.4	41	11.1
≥ 6	44	19.4	71	19.2
Vomiting
Yes	158	68.4	199	53.2
No	73	31.6	175	46.8
Missing	0	-	1	-
Number of vomiting episodes per day (maximum)
1	20	12.7	52	26.1
2–4	102	64.6	115	57.8
≥ 5	36	22.8	32	16.1
Days of vomiting
1	64	40.5	99	49.7
2–4	91	57.6	94	47.2
≥ 5	3	1.9	6	3.0
Fever
Yes	182	78.8	227	60.7
No	49	21.2	147	39.3
Missing	0	-	1	-
Temperature
37.1–38.4°C	40	22.0	80	35.2
38.5–38.9°C	65	35.7	71	31.3
≥ 39.0°C	77	42.3	76	33.5
Dehydration
Degree of dehydration
No dehydration	115	49.8	251	67.1
Mild/moderate (1–5%)**	103	44.6	116	31.0
Severe (≥ 6%)**	13	5.6	7	1.9
Missing	0	-	1	-
Type of treatment*
Rehydration in polyclinic	50	21.6	40	10.7
Hospitalization	21	9.1	18	4.8

*: Type of treatment are not substitutes, each patient may have both,**: The percentages indicate the amount of weight loss.²¹