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Rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Aurangabad, Central Maharashtra

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Abstract

Objective

To determine the prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea and its genotypes in children from Aurangabad, India.

Methods

Stool samples collected during 2012-2013 from 168 children, aged ≤3 years, were tested by ELISA to detect rotavirus. Rotavirus strains were genotyped by multiplex reversetranscription polymerase chain reaction.

Results

Stool samples from 20 (11.9%) children tested positive for rotavirus. Rotavirus positivity was higher among the children aged 0-12 months than those in 13-24 and 25-36 months. Severity of disease was moderate in both rotavirus-infected and uninfected children. Genotype G1P[8] combination was detected predominantly in circulation.

Conclusion

Rotavirus diarrhea was caused mainly by G1P[8] strains during 2012-2013 in Aurangabad, Central Maharashtra, India.

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  1. Government Medical College, Aurangabad, India

    Ganesh Maher & Ajit Damle

  2. Enteric Viruses Group, National Institute of Virology, Pune, India

    Gauri Pradhan, Sujata Ranshing & Shobha Chitambar

  3. Enterovirus Research Center, Mumbai, India

    Sushmitha Shetty

  4. National Institute of Virology, 20-A, Dr Ambedkar Road, Pune, 411001, India

    Shobha Chitambar

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Maher, G., Pradhan, G., Shetty, S. et al. Rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Aurangabad, Central Maharashtra. Indian Pediatr 53, 631–633 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-016-0900-6

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