ArticlemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2023
Epidemiology of pediatric astrovirus gastroenteritis in a Nicaraguan birth cohort.
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Background: Astrovirus is a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in children worldwide. However, few prospective studies have analyzed astrovirus in community-dwelling pediatric populations in low-and-middle-income countries. Methods: We assessed the incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics, genotypes, viral coinfections and seasonality of astrovirus gastroenteritis in 443 healthy Nicaraguan children born in 2017-2018, followed for 36 months. Children were recruited from maternity hospitals and birth records in an economically-diverse neighborhood of León, the second-largest city in Nicaragua. Astrovirus-positive episodes and genotypes were identified from diarrheal specimens with reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Sanger sequencing. Results: Of 1708 total specimens tested, eighty children (18%) experienced at least 1 astrovirus episode, and 9 experienced repeat episodes, mostly during the rainy season (May-October). The incidence of astrovirus episodes was 7.8/100 child-years (95% CI: 6.2, 9.8). Genotype-specific incidence of astrovirus also exhibited seasonality. Median age of astrovirus episode onset was 16 months (IQR 9, 23). Initial astrovirus episodes were not associated with protection against future episodes during the age span studied. Astrovirus cases were exclusively breastfed for a shorter period than uninfected children, and the human milk oligosaccharide lacto-N-fucopentaose-I was more concentrated in mothers of these children. Home toilets appeared to protect against future astrovirus episodes (HR=0.19, 95% CI 0.04-0.91). Human astrovirus-5 episodes, comprising 15% of all typed episodes, were associated with longer diarrhea and more symptomatic rotavirus co-infections. Conclusion: Astrovirus was a common cause of gastroenteritis in this cohort, and future studies should clarify the role of astrovirus genotype in clinical infection severity.
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