ROTAVIRAL INFECTION IN CHILDREN: CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND ASSESSMENT OF ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT EFFICACY

Abstract

In this article the clinical and laboratory symptoms of rotaviral infection in children are analyzed and the symptoms which reflect the severity of disease are characterized. The authors give clinical and laboratory basis for antiviral drugs usage in children at the age of 3-7 years old with moderate and severe forms of rotaviral diarrhea. The data on efficacy of the studied antiviral immunostimulating agent in rotaviral infection in children are represented in this article.

Keywords

• children
• rotaviral infection
• clinical presentation
• antiviral immunostimulating agent