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RV detection was greatest when diarrhea, vomiting and fever occurred together and lowest when each symptom occurred alone. The spectrum of symptoms of rotavirus disease in children at the time of admission to the hospital or short stay unit may be broader than previously recognized.

There are socioeconomic and environmental factors and aspects of the child's medical and dietary history that identify children at risk for hospitalization with rotavirus AGE.

Measurement of rotavirus-coded hospital discharges alone seems to greatly underestimate the true burden of rotavirus-associated hospitalizations. The numbers of national rotavirus hospitalization discharges may be substantially greater than previously estimated.