BACKGROUND Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of gastroenteritis among children worldwide. In this study, we were evaluated the occurrence of rotavirus infection and genotypes causing gastroenteritis among children under 5 years in Yasuj, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross sectional-descriptive study was done on 184 fecal samples collected from children aged < 5 years old with a...

Rotavirus is the most common cause of acute infectious gastroenteritis in young children and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide, mostly in developing countries. The global rotavirus disease burden has prompted study on their basic research, molecular epidemiology and vaccine development. Little is known about rotavirus infection among health professionals in Nepal....

Rotavirus gastroenteritis is a major health problem among Malawian children. Studies spanning 20 years have described the importance, epidemiology and viral characteristics of rotavirus infections in the country. Despite a wide diversity of circulating rotavirus strains causing severe disease in young infants, a clinical trial of a human rotavirus vaccine clearly demonstrated the potential for ...

OBJECTIVE To study the epidemiology of rotavirus and estimate rotavirus-associated morbidity and mortality in children<or=5 years of age in Brazil in 2004 before introducing the rotavirus vaccine in Brazil's National Immunization Program (Programa Nacional de Imunizações, PNI). METHODS To estimate rotavirus morbidity, published studies (1999-2006) addressing incidence of acute diarrhea among ...

Background: Rotavirus infection is the most important cause of infectious, severe and dehydrating diarrhea death in children aged 5 under continues to have a significant impact on child morbidity mortality our countries. The aim this study was retrospectively determine prevalence rotavirus adenovirus patients presenting with gastroenteritis symptoms distribution pathogens according gender, age ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology of rotavirus and norovirus infection among children with acute gastroenteritis in Sana'a, Yemen. METHODS A cross-sectional study from November 2007 to March 2009 of children aged 1 month to 5 years attending the emergency and outpatient departments of two hospitals in Sana'a with acute gastroenteritis. Rotavirus was detected by ELISA and genotyped by RT...

Sulfated colominic acid exhibited suppressive effects on SA11 (simian rotavirus)- and MO (human rotavirus)-infections, but not on Wa (human rotavirus)-, Sabin 1 (poliovirus 1)-, and Nancy (coxsackie B3 virus)-infections, in vitro. The infection of SA11 was found to be inhibited by mixed treatment and early posttreatment with sulfated colominic acid, but not by pretreatment, by plaque assay and ...

In this study, 574 stool samples from children with gastroenteritis were obtained from different hospitals in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic during 2005-2006. Diarrhea stool samples were analyzed for rotavirus by ELISA and typed by the RT-PCR-based method. Unusual strains were detected: G1P6, G2P8, G3P6, G9P4 and mixed infections. Recent studies have indicated that u...