title: Comparison of paediatric viral gastroenteritis at large medical centres in Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.
abstract: A comparison of the prevalence of viral diarrhoeas in children was made between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia over a three-year period. Laboratory data from Saudi Arabia were compared with those of a large medical centre in the UK. The prevalence ratios of virus-associated diarrhoea as a fraction of all diarrhoeal cases over three years were found to be 23% in the UK and 14% in Saudi Arabia. The relative proportion due to rotavirus and adenovirus was higher in the UK than in Saudi Arabia, but small round viruses were comparable at the two centres.
authors.affiliation: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Akhter
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sikotra
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Qadri
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Myint
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*