Open AccessCharacterization of human rotavirus subgroups and serotypes in children under five with acute gastroenteritis in a Saudi Hospital
Author(s) -
Obeid E. Obeid
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/1319-1683.78634
Subject(s) - serotype , rotavirus , medicine , diarrhea , acute gastroenteritis , pediatrics , reoviridae , virology , rotavirus vaccine
Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea in children. Currently, there is no published data on the prevalence of subgroups and serotypes of rotavirus in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The objectives of the present study were to assess the rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis and to assess the subgroups and serotypes of rotavirus in the Children and Maternity Hospital in Dammam, Eastern Saudi Arabia.