AGE is common in the US, with an average of about one case per person each year, a new study suggests. The prevalence was highest at ages 0-4 years. Proper hand hygiene and rotavirus vaccination can help decrease the spread.
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmatory qRT-PCR testing and enzyme immunoassay.Prevalence was similar in males and females. No seasonal patterns were detected. The authors also found that:
In the acute diarrhea analysis, the highest prevalence occurred among those 18-44 years of age, at 10.2% , and 45-65, at 8% . Prevalence was the lowest among those over 65, at 4.7% . 80 patients with AGE had at least one AGE-related visit with a provider within the organization: 26 in-person only visits; 37 in-person and remote ; and 17 remote only.The authors advise hand hygiene and other precautions, including vaccination, to reduce AGE spread.
"Acute gastroenteritis is very commonly seen in primary care; however, primary care clinicians often treat symptomatically and do not usually know the exact pathogen causing the illness," she said.
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