TITLE:
Viral Gastroenteritis among Children under 5 Years in Dutsinma Local Government Area, Katsina State, North-West Nigeria, West Africa
AUTHORS:
Gnimintakpa Joseph, Adejo Godwin
KEYWORDS:
Rotavirus, Adenovirus, Viral Gastroenteritis, Children under Five Years, Nigeria
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.2,
February
26,
2016
ABSTRACT: Rotaviruses and adenoviruses conjointly form the leading cause of epidemic
gastroenteritis in developed and developing countries. The prevalence of this array
of human viral pathogens in under five years children of Dustin-ma Local Government
Area of Katsina State, North-west Nigeria was investigated on diarrheal stool samples
of 152 patients of acute viral gastroenteritis by Reverse Transcription Polymerase
Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) as approved by the state committee on ethics after parental
agreement. Analyses revealed prevalence of 54% (35/65) and 46% (30/65) for rotaviruses
and adenoviruses respectively in 2013 and then 62.2% (51/82) for rotaviruses followed
by 37.8% (31/82) for adenoviruses in 2014 with a total of 87 rotavirus positive
samples (57.24%) while 61 samples (40.13%) were adenovirus positive. Only 4 samples
(3%) were infected by other diarrheal viral pathogens.