Hospital-based Surveillance of Rotavirus Diarrhea among Under- five Children in Chandigarh

Madhu Gupta; M P Singh; Vishal Guglani; K S Mahajan; S Pandit

doi:10.1007/s13312-016-0905-1

Hospital-based Surveillance of Rotavirus Diarrhea among Under- five Children in Chandigarh

Indian Pediatr. 2016 Jul 8;53(7):651-2. doi: 10.1007/s13312-016-0905-1.

Authors

Madhu Gupta¹, M P Singh, Vishal Guglani, K S Mahajan, S Pandit

Affiliation

¹ School of Public Health and Departments of *Virology, PGIMER; and Department of Pediatrics, GMCH and GMSH; Chandigarh, India [email protected].

PMID: 27508548
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-016-0905-1

Abstract

In a prospective hospital-based surveillance of 958 under five children admitted with acute gastroenteritis in Chandigarh (May 2011 to July 2012), 239 stool samples were collected. Rotavirus antigen was detected in 18.8% of samples by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Genotypes G1P[8] (53.3%), G12P[6] (15.6%) were prevalent, and G3 not detected.

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Diarrhea / epidemiology*
Diarrhea / virology
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
Gastroenteritis / virology
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
India / epidemiology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Public Health Surveillance
Rotavirus
Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Rotavirus Infections / virology