Detection of group C rotavirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in Blantyre, Malawi

N A Cunliffe; W Dove; B Jiang; B D Thinwda Cert; R L Broadhead; M E Molyneux; C A Hart

doi:10.1097/00006454-200111000-00018

Detection of group C rotavirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in Blantyre, Malawi

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Nov;20(11):1088-90. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200111000-00018.

Authors

N A Cunliffe¹, W Dove, B Jiang, B D Thinwda Cert, R L Broadhead, M E Molyneux, C A Hart

Affiliation

¹ Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Department of Paediatrics, University of Malawi College of Medicine Blantyre.

PMID: 11734719
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200111000-00018

Abstract

Among 606 children who were treated for acute gastroenteritis at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, Group C rotavirus (Gp C RV) was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in fecal specimens from 16 (3.9%) of 408 inpatients and in 4 (2.0%) of 198 outpatients. Thirteen (65%) children excreting Gp C RV were coinfected with Group A rotavirus.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Diarrhea / epidemiology
Diarrhea / virology
Disease Outbreaks
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Feces / virology
Female
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
Gastroenteritis / virology
Humans
Infant
Malawi / epidemiology
Male
Rotavirus / immunology
Rotavirus / isolation & purification*
Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*