CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL FEATURES OF ROTAVIRUS INFECTION IN CHILDREN INFECTED WITH EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS

The aim: To identify clinical and immunological features of acute rotavirus gastroenteritis occurring against the background of Epstein-Barr virus infection. Materials and methods: The study involved examination of 56 children. Of them, 33 children (1 group) did not have a background infection and 23 patients (2 group) suffered from rotavirus infection on the background of the latent form of Epstein-Barr virus infection. Children in these groups were compared by gender, age, severity of the disease and other parameters. Quantitative data were presented as mean and standard deviation (M±SD). Differences at p