The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

A study of infectious intestinal disease in England: risk factors associated with group A rotavirus in children

A study of infectious intestinal disease in England: risk factors associated with group A rotavirus in children
A study of infectious intestinal disease in England: risk factors associated with group A rotavirus in children
Objective: To identify risk factors for infectious intestinal disease (IID) due to rotavirus group A in children aged under 16 years.
Methods: Case-control study of cases of IID with rotavirus infection presenting to general practitioners (GPs) or occurring in community cohorts, and matched controls.
Results: There were 139 matched pairs. In children under 16 years the following risk factors were significantly associated with rotavirus IID: living in rented council housing (adjusted OR=3·78, P=0·022), accommodation with more than five rooms (OR=0·72, P=0·002), contact with someone ill with IID (OR=3·45, P<0·001). Some foods were associated with decreased risk. In infants, bottle feeding with or without breast feeding was associated with increased risk (OR=9·06, P<0·05).
Conclusions: Contact with persons with IID, living in rented council housing and accommodation with fewer rooms, were significant risk factors for sporadic rotavirus IID in children whereas breast feeding is protective in infants.
0950-2688
63 -70
Sethi, D.
bb1dff87-372d-4add-b455-16e3439b4c2d
Cumberland, P.
2804a192-68da-4906-bb6e-fa3149f35153
Hudson, M. J.
327d2669-0ad4-4c93-857f-99c65e2bc07b
Rodrigues, L. C.
2e24e681-c91f-4b72-88cf-3061da992d7d
Wheeler, J. G.
7c33dafe-00bc-4b0b-be76-ec9394486543
Roberts, J. A.
426e7ade-94e0-4108-baec-e2b036d0bf00
Tompkins, D. S.
da702ba1-3ffe-4330-b40f-fd7803d2807b
Cowden, J. M.
2a6ed0d1-9f9a-41ac-9b55-136d2a0195d1
Roderick, P. J.
dbb3cd11-4c51-4844-982b-0eb30ad5085a
Sethi, D.
bb1dff87-372d-4add-b455-16e3439b4c2d
Cumberland, P.
2804a192-68da-4906-bb6e-fa3149f35153
Hudson, M. J.
327d2669-0ad4-4c93-857f-99c65e2bc07b
Rodrigues, L. C.
2e24e681-c91f-4b72-88cf-3061da992d7d
Wheeler, J. G.
7c33dafe-00bc-4b0b-be76-ec9394486543
Roberts, J. A.
426e7ade-94e0-4108-baec-e2b036d0bf00
Tompkins, D. S.
da702ba1-3ffe-4330-b40f-fd7803d2807b
Cowden, J. M.
2a6ed0d1-9f9a-41ac-9b55-136d2a0195d1
Roderick, P. J.
dbb3cd11-4c51-4844-982b-0eb30ad5085a

Sethi, D., Cumberland, P., Hudson, M. J., Rodrigues, L. C., Wheeler, J. G., Roberts, J. A., Tompkins, D. S., Cowden, J. M. and Roderick, P. J. (2001) A study of infectious intestinal disease in England: risk factors associated with group A rotavirus in children. Epidemiology and Infection, 126 (1), 63 -70. (doi:10.1017/S0950268801005088).

Record type: Article

Abstract

Objective: To identify risk factors for infectious intestinal disease (IID) due to rotavirus group A in children aged under 16 years.
Methods: Case-control study of cases of IID with rotavirus infection presenting to general practitioners (GPs) or occurring in community cohorts, and matched controls.
Results: There were 139 matched pairs. In children under 16 years the following risk factors were significantly associated with rotavirus IID: living in rented council housing (adjusted OR=3·78, P=0·022), accommodation with more than five rooms (OR=0·72, P=0·002), contact with someone ill with IID (OR=3·45, P<0·001). Some foods were associated with decreased risk. In infants, bottle feeding with or without breast feeding was associated with increased risk (OR=9·06, P<0·05).
Conclusions: Contact with persons with IID, living in rented council housing and accommodation with fewer rooms, were significant risk factors for sporadic rotavirus IID in children whereas breast feeding is protective in infants.

This record has no associated files available for download.

More information

Published date: 2001

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 24499
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/24499
ISSN: 0950-2688
PURE UUID: 50f7f902-bfa7-4f84-a23c-8f32e3237e96
ORCID for P. J. Roderick: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-6850

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 31 Mar 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:48

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: D. Sethi
Author: P. Cumberland
Author: M. J. Hudson
Author: L. C. Rodrigues
Author: J. G. Wheeler
Author: J. A. Roberts
Author: D. S. Tompkins
Author: J. M. Cowden
Author: P. J. Roderick ORCID iD

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×