Marjoribanks H C, Croxson M C, Potoi N, Bellamy A R
Virus Laboratory, Auckland Hospital.
N Z Med J. 1988 Apr 27;101(844):195-7.
Gastroenteritis has been identified traditionally as a major health problem in Western Samoa. In order to establish the extent of the problem, and to identify the viral and bacterial pathogens involved, stool specimens were collected from all children less than 2 years of age admitted to Apia Hospital, Western Samoa, over a 2 year period. Rotavirus was recovered from 5.5% of all admissions (20.5% of those labelled gastroenteritis) and bacterial pathogens were isolated from 2.1% of all admissions (0.9% of all those labelled gastroenteritis). Thus in Apia, as elsewhere, rotavirus is the most commonly identified enteric pathogen associated with infantile diarrhoea.
传统上，肠胃炎已被认定为西萨摩亚的一个主要健康问题。为了确定该问题的严重程度，并识别其中涉及的病毒和细菌病原体，在两年时间里，从西萨摩亚阿皮亚医院收治的所有2岁以下儿童中采集了粪便样本。在所有入院病例中，5.5%检测出轮状病毒（在诊断为肠胃炎的病例中占20.5%）；在所有入院病例中，2.1%分离出细菌病原体（在所有诊断为肠胃炎的病例中占0.9%）。因此，在阿皮亚，和其他地方一样，轮状病毒是与婴儿腹泻相关的最常见肠道病原体。
