ArticleBMJ open2014
Hospital-based surveillance of rotavirus gastroenteritis among children under 5 years of age in the Republic of Ivory Coast: a cross-sectional study.
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- Impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
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- Detection and characterization of rotavirus G and P types from children with acute gastroenteritis in Qom, central Iran.Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2020Article
- Genotypic characterization of rotavirus in children under 5 years circulating in Côte D'Ivoire from 2010 to 2013.Virology journal · 2018Article
- Review of global rotavirus strain prevalence data from six years post vaccine licensure surveillance: is there evidence of strain selection from vaccine pressure?Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate the proportion of rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) among children aged less than 5 years who had been diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms (ERs). The seasonal distribution of RVGE and most prevalent rotavirus (RV) strains was also assessed.
designA cross-sectional hospital-based surveillance study.
setting5 reference paediatric hospitals across Abidjan.
participantsChildren aged less than 5 years, who were hospitalised/visiting ERs for WHO-defined AGE, were enrolled. Written informed consent was obtained from parents/guardians before enrolment. Children who acquired nosocomial infection were excluded from the study. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The proportion of RVGE among AGE hospitalisations and ER visits was expressed with 95% exact CI. Stool samples were collected from all enrolled children and were tested for the presence of RV using an enzyme immunoassay. RV-positive samples were serotyped using reverse transcriptase-PCR.
resultsOf 357 enrolled children (mean age 13.6±11.14 months), 332 were included in the final analyses; 56.3% (187/332) were hospitalised and 43.7% (145/332) were admitted to ERs. The proportion of RVGE hospitalisations and ER visits among all AGE cases was 30.1% (95% CI 23.6% to 37.3%) and 26.9% (95% CI 19.9% to 34.9%), respectively. Ninety-five children (28.6%) were RV positive; the highest number of RVGE cases was observed in children aged 6-11 months. The number of GE cases peaked in July and August 2008; the highest percentage of RV-positive cases was observed in January 2008. G1P[8] wild-type and G8P[6] were the most commonly detected strains.
conclusionsRVGE causes substantial morbidity among children under 5 years of age and remains a health concern in the Republic of Ivory Coast, where implementation of prevention strategies such as vaccination might help to reduce disease burden.
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