Ionica Deliu, Sînziana Cosmina Georgescu
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adenovirus, gastroenteritis, rotavirus
Symptomatic or asymptomatic pediatric diarrhea is a worldwide public health problem, one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality in children 5 years and below. The main causes of viral acute gastroenteritis in the childhood are adenoviruses, rotaviruses, astroviruses and caliciviruses, especially between six months and two years of age.
The aim of this paper was to establish the incidence of gastroenteritis with adenovirus and rotavirus in pediatric patients in Curtea de Arges (Arges) in 17 months (between January 1st, 2021 and June 1st, 2022).
The immunochromatographic assay was used with OnSite Rota/Adeno Ag Rapid Test for viral antigens simultaneous detection in stool samples.
There were differences between number of infections with rotavirus or adenovirus, depend of children age and patients gender (the rotavirus infections were more frequent than those determined by adenoviruses, in male patients, between six and 18 months age), and the co-infections were occurred, too (10.75% from all cases).
Cite this paper: Deliu, I., Georgescu, S.C. (2023). THE INCIDENCE OF ADENOVIRUS AND ROTAVIRUS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH GASTROENTERITIS. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 12(23), 54-58. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2023.v12i23.007
