Clinical profile and prevalence of rotavirus infection in children presented with acute diarrhea at tertiary care referral hospital at northern part of India.
A prospective analysis of 90 clinically diagnosed cases with acute diarrhea over a period of one year was carried out to determine the prevalence of rotavirus infection in children between 2 months to 2 years of age. Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE) were used for detection of rotavirus from stool sample. Fourteen (15.6%) of them were found to be positive for group A rotavirus, 9 (23%) cases were between 6 months to 1 year of age. Rotavirus excretion was highest (50%) when all three symptoms (diarrhea, vomiting and fever) occurred in the same child. A planned study for surveillance of rotavirus serotypes is required from this area.
Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. vijayalakshmi005@gmail.com
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*