Author(s):
Gasparinho, Carolina ; Piedade, João ; Mirante, Maria Clara ; Mendes, Cristina ; Mayer, Carlos ; Nery, Susana Vaz ; Brito, Miguel ; Istrate, Claudia
Date: 2017
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7029
Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Subject(s): Angola; Antigens, viral; Capsid proteins; Children; Child, preschool; Diarrhea; Feces; Female; Gastroenteritis; Genotype; Humans; Infant; Male; Molecular typing; Prevalence; Rotavirus; Rotavirus infections; Vaccines; Vomiting; Phylogeny
Description
Rotavirus group A (RVA) is considered the leading cause of pediatric diarrhea, responsible for the high burden of diarrheal diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite recent studies, the existent data are scarce for some African countries like Angola, a country with one of the highest RVA-related death estimates. The aim of this study was to determine the RVA detection rate and circulating genotypes in children less than five years of age with acute gastroenteritis attended at the Bengo General Hospital in Caxito, Bengo province, Angola, before vaccine introduction.
