Disease characteristics of children ⩽4 years with community acquired gastroenteritis seen by a paediatrician between December 1997 and May 1998
| Symptoms | Rotavirus positive | Rotavirus negative |
| Total | 49 | 95 |
| Diarrhoea (%) | 10 (20.4) | 41 (43.2) |
| Diarrhoea and vomiting (%) | 38 (77.6) | 50 (52.6) |
| Vomiting (%) | 1 (2.0) | 4 (4.2) |
| Concomitant diagnoses (%) | 16 (32.7) | 47 (49.5) |
| Median duration of diarrhoea in days | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Median duration of vomiting in days | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Maximum frequency of diarrhoea/day | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Maximum frequency of vomiting/day | 3.0 | 1.0 |