De junho/1987 a julho/1990 foram estudadas 557 amostras fecais de crianças hospitalizadas de 0-5 anos de idade, na cidade de Goiânia-GO., para detecção de rotavírus e adenovírus. Destas, 291 provinham de crianças diarréicas e 266 de não diarréicas. Das amostras não diarréicas, 64 eram provenientes de crianças de berçário. Das 557 amostras, 261 foram analisadas pela imunomicroscopia eletrônica (IME), eletroforese em gel de poliacrilamida (EGPA-SDS) e ensaio imunoenzimático para rotavírus e adenovírus (EIARA) e as demais apenas pela EGPA e EIARA. Rotavírus e adenovírus mostraram positividade de 17,2% e 2,1% respectivamente, e na condição de diarréia ou não, observou-se percentuais de 29,2% e 4,1% respectivamente para rotavírus (p<0,05) e 2,4% e 1,5% para adenovírus. Rotavírus foram mais prevalentes entre as crianças de 1-11 meses de idade e não foram vistos em nenhum recém-nato de berçário. Os adenovírus ocorreram na faixa de 1-3 anos. Rotavírus apresentaram maior circulação entre os meses de maio a agosto (p<0,05), não sendo encontrados de dezembro a fevereiro.

In order to detect rotavirus and adenovirus 557 feces samples from hospitalized children (0-5 years of age) were analysed from June 1987 to July 1990 in Goiânia-city.Two hundred and ninety one samples were from children with diarrhoea and 266 were from children without diarrhoea. Amongst this later group, 64 samples were from children from the nursery. Two hundred and sixty one out of 557 samples were analysed by immunoelectron microscopy (IEM), polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and enzymatic immunoassay for rotavirus and adenovirus (EIARA) whereas the rest (296 samples) were analysed by SDS-PAGE and EIARA. Positivity of rotavirus and adenovirus was 17.2% and 2.1% respectively. Concerning rotavirus and adenovirus there was 29.2% and 2.4% positivity within the group with diarrhoea and 4.1% and 1.5% positivity amongst children without diarrhoea (p<0.05). Rotavirus were more prevalent amongst children which age ranged from 1 to 11 months of age. No newborn child from the nursery was positive for rotavirus. Adenovirus were detected amongst children from 1 to 3 years of age. Rotavirus circulation peak occurred between May and August (p<0.05) and no positive case was detected from December to February. Two hundred out of 291 diarrheic samples were also studied concerning bacteria and pathogenic parasites and equal percentages (17.0%) were found for both rotavirus and pathogenic bacteria. Eighty nine samples of rotavirus were detected by SDS-PAGE and 86 of these (96.6%) belonged to the subgroup II with 13 different electrophoretic patterns. Predominance of a given eletropherotic profile was observed in each year of the study.

Analisaram-se 300 amostras fecais de crianças na faixa etária de até 8 anos, na cidade de Goiânia, objetivando-se determinar o percentual de rotavirus e adenovirus em processos diarréicos, frente a outros microorganismos patogênicos entéricos (bactérias ou parasitos). Rotavirus foram detectados isoladamente em 47 casos e, associando-se a outros agentes, em 21 casos. Adenovirus foram encontrados em 7 casos, sendo que em 6 ocorreram isoladamente e em 1, associaram-se a outro microrganismo. Utilizaram-se três metodologias para a análise virológica: o ensaio imunoenzimático adaptado para rotavirus e adenovirus (EIARA), a eletroforese em gel de poliacrilamida (EGPA) e a imunomicroscopia eletrônica (IME). O índice de concordância entre as três metodologias foi de 92,8%, entre EGPA e EIARA de 95,8% e entre a IME e ElARA de 100,0%. Dentre as amostras de rotavirus, 97,0% mostraram perfil eletroforético longo, compatível com o subgrupo II.

In an attempt to detect rotavirus and adenovirus prevalence among other enteropathogens (bacteria and parasites) in diarrhoea, three hundred fecal samples originating from children living in Goiânia city (Goiás state, Brazil) were analysed. Rotavirus was found to be the only pathogen in 47 cases, and associated with other infectious agents in 21 cases. 97,0% positive samples of rotavirus showed an electrophoretic pattern characteristic of subgroup II. Adenovirus was found in 7 cases, and associated with other microrganisms in 1 case. Three methods were applied for virological analyses: enzyme immunoassay for rotavirus and adenovirus (EIARA), polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and immunoelectron microscopy (IEM). The concordance among the three methods was 92.8%, PAGE and EIARA agreed in 95.8%, and IEM and EIARA agreed in 100.0%.