Article
Rotavirus G and P types in children with acute diarrhea in Cairo, Egypt, 2011-2012.
The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association - 1 Sept 2015
Shoeib Ashraf R S, Hull Jennifer J, Jiang Baoming
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The WHO estimated the annual rotavirus-related mortality among children below 5 years old in Egypt in 2004 to be 30 deaths per 100 000, or out of an estimated 2616 deaths, 3.9% were because of rotavirus infection. The aim of this article was to study the epidemiology and circulating genotypes of rotaviruses in Cairo from 2011 to 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 197 stool samples were collected...
Topics
- Ambulatory Care Facilities
- Breast Feeding
- Diarrhea
- Egypt
- Feces
- Female
- Genotype
- Hospitals, Pediatric
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Molecular Epidemiology
