• Register
  • Login

European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

  1. Home
  2. Prevalence of Rota virus gastroenteritis among immunised and non immunised children below 5 years

Current Issue

By Issue

By Author

By Subject

Author Index

Keyword Index

About Journal

Aims and Scope

Editorial Board

Publication Ethics

Indexing and Abstracting

Related Links

FAQ

Peer Review Process

Journal Metrics

News

Prevalence of Rota virus gastroenteritis among immunised and non immunised children below 5 years

    Author

    • Vidhya Shankari, Shajahan R A, Deepa S N, Anjali Ann Chacko, Ebin Roshan Paul, R.C. Krishna Kumar
,

Document Type : Research Article

  • Article Information
  • Download
  • Export Citation
  • Statistics
  • Share

Abstract

Background: To assess the prevalence of Rota virus gastroenteritis among immunised and unimmunised children below 5 years and to assess the prevalence of complications among Rotaviral gastroenteritis.
Materials and Methods: Eighty- six cases of gastroenteritis in children aged less than 5 years were enrolled and demographic data of each patient, immunization history, clinical history and other relevant information was collected. Stool collection was done and sample was processed in special media, Wilson blair and alkaline peptone water. All the samples were tested for Rota virus. Prevalence of complications in rotaviral gastroenteritis assessed using clinical examination and radiological and laboratory parameters.
Results: Out of 86 patients, Rota virus was seen in 46, parasites in 24, bacteria in 10 and unknown in 6 cases. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Among the total 46 children with rotaviral gastroenteritis, 10 were immunised for rotavirus and 36 were unimmunised. The difference was statistically significant(P <0.05). There were 25 males and 21 females among Rota virus positive cases. The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05) (Table II). Rota virus positive and Rota virus negative cases, duration of diarrhea was 0-4 days in 5 and 8, 5 days in 7 and 20, 6-7 days in 34 and 12. Vomiting was seen in 30 and 24. Duration of vomiting in days (1) was seen in 10 and 18, (2) in 22 and 12 and (3) in 14 and 10. Fever was seen in 34 and 15 and blood in stools seen in 20 and 10 cases . Dehydration was mild in 14 and 18, moderate in 6 and 10, severe in 10 and 8 and very severe in 16 and 4 respectively. Children with rotaviral gastroenteritis  had higher rate of intussusception presenting in 12 out of 46 children whereas children with non rotaviral gastroenteritis had only one case of intussusception among 40. The prevalence of complications was more in rotaviral gastroenteritis than others. The difference was significant (P< 0.05) (Table III, graph I).Duration of stay in the hospital was 10 days in average for rotaviral gastroenteritis when compared to other infectious causes where the stay was 5 days in average. The difference was statistically significant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: There was high prevalence of Rota virus infection in  unimmunised children less than 5 years with gastroenteritis and the prevalence of complications were high among rotaviral affected children. In conclusion, rotaviral vaccination prevents gastroenteritis associated with severe complications which affect the quality of life in children below 5 years.

Keywords

  • children
  • Diarrhea
  • rotavirus gastroenteritis
  • Fever
  • XML
  • PDF 206.54 K
  • RIS
  • EndNote
  • Mendeley
  • BibTeX
  • APA
  • MLA
  • HARVARD
  • VANCOUVER
    • Article View: 27
    • PDF Download: 103
European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 - Issue Serial Number 8
December 2022
Page 2625-2630
Files
  • XML
  • PDF 206.54 K
Share
Export Citation
  • RIS
  • EndNote
  • Mendeley
  • BibTeX
  • APA
  • MLA
  • HARVARD
  • VANCOUVER
Statistics
  • Article View: 27
  • PDF Download: 103

APA

R.C. Krishna Kumar, V. S. S. R. A. D. S. N. A. A. C. E. R. P. (2023). Prevalence of Rota virus gastroenteritis among immunised and non immunised children below 5 years. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 9(8), 2625-2630.

MLA

Vidhya Shankari, Shajahan R A, Deepa S N, Anjali Ann Chacko, Ebin Roshan Paul, R.C. Krishna Kumar. "Prevalence of Rota virus gastroenteritis among immunised and non immunised children below 5 years". European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 9, 8, 2023, 2625-2630.

HARVARD

R.C. Krishna Kumar, V. S. S. R. A. D. S. N. A. A. C. E. R. P. (2023). 'Prevalence of Rota virus gastroenteritis among immunised and non immunised children below 5 years', European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 9(8), pp. 2625-2630.

VANCOUVER

R.C. Krishna Kumar, V. S. S. R. A. D. S. N. A. A. C. E. R. P. Prevalence of Rota virus gastroenteritis among immunised and non immunised children below 5 years. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 2023; 9(8): 2625-2630.

  • Home
  • About Journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Submit Manuscript
  • Contact Us
  • Glossary
  • Sitemap

News

 

For Special Issue Proposal : editor.ejmcm21@gmail.com

Newsletter Subscription

Subscribe to the journal newsletter and receive the latest news and updates

© Journal Management System. Powered by ejournalplus