Abstract
Objective: Our objective is to study epidemiology of rotavirus infection in children less than five years during one year in Omdurman Paediatric Hospital. Materials and Methods: The study design was a setting-based study. The required data were obtained by reviewing records of a year in the hospital. Results: The findings revealed that, the total cases of rotavirus infection was 1563, majority of cases occurred among age group 1-12 months 642(41%). About 899(57.5%) of cases were males while 664(42.5%) were females. High percentage 520(33.3%) of diagnosed children came from Umbda. Most of rotavirus cases occurred during April168 (10.7%) and May 158(10.1%), Mild dehydration was found in 1121(71.7%) of cases while 320(20.5%) of patients suffered from severe dehydration. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) were given to 1120(71.7%) of patients as treatment, intravenous fluids (IVF) to 334(21.3%) and ORT & IVF to 109 (7%). A lot of cases 1110(71%) were improved after received the treatment, 9(0.6%) were died and the rest were still suffering from the clinical features. Conclusion: The study concluded that rotavirus represents a public health problem among children less than five which and effective control measures are needed to minimize this problem.
Highlights
Rotavirus is member of the genus rotavirus, family Reoviridae, and it is important causative agent of acute gastroenteritis in children and in many young animal species worldwide [1]
There were 1563 of rotavirus cases recorded during one year in Omdurman Paediatric Hospital
Figure (1) shows that higher percentage of rotavirus cases occurred during April168 (10.7%) and May 158(10.1%), while October witnessed the lower percentage of cases 74(4%)
Summary
Rotavirus is member of the genus rotavirus, family Reoviridae, and it is important causative agent of acute gastroenteritis in children and in many young animal species worldwide [1]. Rotavirus A, the most common species, causes more than 90% of infections in humans [2]. It has been estimated that, rotavirus infections caused 25 million clinical cases, 2 million hospital admissions and about 611,000 deaths annually worldwide in children, most of them occurred in developing countries [3]. Magzoub et al (2013) mentioned that about 82% of rotavirus deaths occurred among children in the poorest countries [4]. Mohammed Elawad & Tamador Masaad / Epidemiology of Rotavirus Infection in Children Less than Five Years 220 are living in camps around towns where there is unhealthy condition[9]. Rotavirus infection is predicted to be more prevalent as well as other sanitation-related diseases unless improvement of water supply and sanitation takes place
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