Acute Gastroenterıtıs Agents Under 5 Years Old Age Chıldren

Detection of Adnovirus in children less than 5 years old with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) from Bogota, Colombia.

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) has a great impact on children less than five years of age, producing high levels of morbidity and mortality. Worldwide, AGE is mainly related to viruses, mainly rotavirus but human adenovirus (HAdV) in particular as an important etiologic agent. Among HAdV species F, genotypes 40 and 41 are responsible for a high number of diarrhea cases, mainly in children under 2 ...

Prevalence of severe acute rotavirus gastroenteritis and intussusceptions in Ghanaian children under 5 years of age.

INTRODUCTION Vaccination is the most effective preventive strategy against rotavirus disease. Regional differences in prevalent rotavirus genotypes may affect vaccine efficacy. Pre-vaccine surveillance for burden of rotavirus disease, prevalent rotavirus genotypes, and association between rotavirus disease and intussusceptions helps in monitoring the impact of vaccination. METHODOLOGY A prosp...

detection of adnovirus in children less than 5 years old with acute gastroenteritis (age) from bogota, colombia.

acute gastroenteritis (age) has a great impact on children less than five years of age, producing high levels of morbidity and mortality. worldwide, age is mainly related to viruses, mainly rotavirus but human adenovirus (hadv) in particular as an important etiologic agent. among hadv species f, genotypes 40 and 41 are responsible for a high number of diarrhea cases, mainly in children under 2 ...

relative frequency of sapovirus among children under 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis at the aboozar hospital, ahvaz, iran

High prevalence of Bordetella pertussis in children under 5 years old hospitalized with acute respiratory infections in Lima, Peru.

BACKGROUND Pertussis diagnosis may go unrecognized when other pathogens, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) circulate. METHODS A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Lima, Peru from January 2009 to September 2010. A total of 596 children under 5 years old admitted with clinical diagnoses of acute respiratory infections were test for B. pertussis and RSV detection by polym...