ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2013
Rotavirus infection among Sudanese children younger than 5 years of age: a cross sectional hospital-based study.
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- Diarrheal diseases prevalence among children of Sudan and socio cultural risks related; systematic review and meta analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic review of the rotavirus infection burden in the WHO-EMRO region.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Pooled it
- Molecular Survey of Viral and Bacterial Causes of Childhood Diarrhea in Khartoum State, Sudan.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Epidemiological Survey of Rotaviruses Responsible for Infantile Diarrhea by the Immunomolecular Technique in Cotonou (Benin, West Africa).International journal of microbiology · 2018Article
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- Detection and sequencing of rotavirus among sudanese children.The Pan African medical journal · 2017Article
- [Epidemiological and clinical study of rotavirus acute diarrhea in infants at the hospital Jason Sendwe Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo].The Pan African medical journal · 2015Article
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Abstract
introductionIn Sudan, rotavirus has been one of the important causative agents of diarrhea among children. Rotavirus A is well known as the leading cause of diarrhea in young children worldwide. It was estimated to account for 41% of hospitalized cases of acute gastroenteritis among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the common clinical presentations of rotavirus A infection among Sudanese children with gastroenteritis seeking management in hospitals.
methods755 Sudanese children less than 5 years of age suffering from acute gastroenteritis in hospital settings were included. The positive stool specimens for rotavirus A was used for extract Ribonucleic acid (RNA) and the RNA product was loaded on formaldehyde agarose gel and visualized under UV illumination.
resultsOf the 755 children, 430(57%) were males while 325(43%) were female. The age of children ranged from 1 to 60 months. There were 631 (84%) children who were less than 24 months of age. Out of the 755 stool samples, 121(16%) were positive for rotavirus. Of the 121 infected children with rotavirus, 79(65.3%) were male and 42(34.7%) were female and the highest infection rate was seen among 91(75.2%) of children up to 12 months of age. Children of illiterate parents were more infected with rotavirus than children of educated parents. Severe dehydration present among 70% of infected children with rotavirus.
conclusionSince this study is hospital-based, the 16% prevalence rate may not reflect the true prevalence among Sudanese children, thus a community-based surveillance is needed.
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