Prevalence of rotavirus and adenovirus associated with diarrhea among displaced communities in Khartoum, Sudan

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 209
• Main Authors: Elhag, Wafa I, Saeed, Humodi A, Omer, El Fadhil E, Ali, Abdelwahid S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.05.2013; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adenoviridae - classification; Adenoviridae - genetics; Adenoviridae - isolation & purification; Adenoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Adenoviridae Infections - virology; Adenovirus; Adenoviruses; Adolescent; Adult; Age; Analysis; Camps; Child; Child, Preschool; Chromatography; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diarrhea; Diarrhea - epidemiology; Diarrhea - virology; Displaced persons; Feces - virology; Health facilities; Humans; Infant; Infections; Medical laboratories; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mortality; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; Real time; Refugees - statistics & numerical data; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rotavirus; Rotavirus - classification; Rotavirus - genetics; Rotavirus - isolation & purification; Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology; Rotavirus Infections - virology; Rotaviruses; Science; Socioeconomic Factors; Sudan - epidemiology; Viruses; Sudan; United States > US

Diarrheal diseases represent a major worldwide public health problem particularly in developing countries. Each year, at least four million children under five years of age die from diarrhea. Rotavirus, enteric adenovirus and some bacterial species are the most common identified infectious agents re...