title: Group A rotavirus and bacterial agents associated with diarrhoea-induced hospitalisations in children below 5 years of age in Jammu.
abstract: Out of 210 faecal samples collected from children below 5 years attending different hospitals in Jammu and exhibiting clinical signs of diarrhoea, 41.9% samples were found positive for group A rotavirus by RNA-PAGE. Escherichia coli isolated in the study belonged to nine serogroups, out of which O69 was most frequent, being present in 12.38% samples. E. coli serogroups well recognised as enteropathogens viz. O69, O20 and O153 were present in 27.6% samples. Other bacterial pathogens associated with diarrhoea were present in 8.09% samples, out of which Shigella spp. was found in 4.76% samples followed by Salmonella spp. (2.38%) and Pseudomonas spp. (0.95%).
authors.affiliation: Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Ranbir Singh Pura, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gazal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taku
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Badroo
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012703:Serotyping