Rotavirus infections among HIV-infected children in Nairobi, Kenya
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2009Author
Kiulia, NM
Nyaundi, JK
Peenze, I
Nyachieo, A
Musoke, RN
Steele, AD
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Human rotaviruses have emerged as a leading cause of acute diarrhea in children <5 years of age worldwide. Although there are previous reports relating to various aspects of rotaviruses, there is limited data on the involvement of rotavirus infection in HIV-infected children. We therefore evaluated the importance of rotavirus infections in HIV-related diarrhea in Kenyan children. Fecal samples were collected from a total of 207 children during the period February 1999 to June 2000 and screened for HRV antigen by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Positive samples were analyzed by VP6 subgroup specificity assay, by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Fourteen percent (29/207) of the samples were positive. HIV-seropositive children with diarrhea were more likely than their counterparts without diarrhea to have rotaviruses [23.3% (10/43) versus 2.9% (2/70); p = 0.0001]. Rotavirus strain G3P[6] was predominant. These results indicate that rotavirus is an important viral etiological agent causing diarrhea in HIV-seropositive children
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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15115http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19276145
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J Trop Pediatr 2009 Oct;55(5):318-23Publisher
Department of Paediatrics
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10387]