ArticleVirology journal2011
Increased prevalence of rotavirus among children associated gastroenteritis in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
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- Epidemiology, genetic diversity and symptom characterization ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of the rotavirus infection burden in the WHO-EMRO region.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Pooled it
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- Evaluation of Hemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte, and Platelet Score, Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Pediatric Patients with Rotavirus Enteritis.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2025Article
- Prediction of promiscuous multiepitope-based peptide vaccine against RdRp of rotavirus using immunoinformatics studies.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2024Article
- Epidemiological, molecular, and clinical features of rotavirus infections among pediatrics in Qatar.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2021Article
- Assessment of Saudi Mother's Knowledge and Attitudes towards Childhood Diarrhea and Its Management.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Identification of Bufavirus-1 and Bufavirus-3 in Feces of Patients with Acute Diarrhea, China.Scientific reports · 2015Article
- Unusual rotavirus genotypes among children with acute diarrhea in Saudi Arabia.BMC infectious diseases · 2015Article
- The burden of different pathogens in acute diarrhoeal episodes among a cohort of Egyptian children less than five years old.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2015Article
- Rotavirus and adenovirus in children evaluated for viral gastroenteritis at a single healthcare center in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A perspective of two decades.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
unlabelledThe aim of this study is to assess the epidemiology along with the molecular structure of rotavirus causing pediatric diarrhea among Saudi patients. However, in this report we sited the epidemiological reflect coming from our project.
methodsOne thousand and seven diarrheal stool samples had been collected between Jan 1st, 2008 and OCT 31st, 2010 from hospitalized patients below the age of 5 year. Samples were then examined using Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Demographic data were collected including age, sex, date of admission and discharge. Finally, the chi-squire test, α level of significance was used to test the variables in the data.
resultsOf these 1007 stool samples, rotavirus was detected in 65.5% (660/1007 samples). We observed that children who are 1 year of age or less had more infection with rotavirus 81% (534/660) than those who is over 1 year of age (19%,126/660) (P = 0.000). Infections occur throughout the year with no clear significant seasonal peaks. The difference between males (57.5%, 380/660) and females (42.4%, 280/660) in terms of rotavirus positivity is statistically significant.
conclusionsThe high rate of positivity, are at variance with previously published reports of rotavirus infection in Saudi Arabia since 2005 which reported a major decrease year by year in the incidence of rotavirus over; 2005, 2006 and 2008 with percentage of; 25%, 10%, 6% respectively explained by improvements in public health introduced in recent years. Our increasing rate result (65.5%) may suggest emerging of unusual serotypes, not been represent to our country earlier.
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