Prevalance and epidemiology of rotavirus infection in infantile diarrhoea at the Diarrhoeal Training Unit of the University Teaching Hospital of Lusaka, Zambia
| dc.contributor.author | Somwe, Somwe Wa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T08:01:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T08:01:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In the present study undertaken at the Diarrhoeal Training Unit of the University Teaching Hospital of Lusaka (Zambia), Rotavirus was isolated in 29 out of 152 infants (19.08%) with acute diarrhoea and in 1 out of 78 (1.28*) infants without diarrhoea.Rotavirus detection rate was related to humidity, but not to ambient temperature,and was independent of sex. The highest incidence of rotavirus infection occured in the age group 7-12 months.No clinical features could distinguish infants with rotavirus diarrhoea from those with non-rotavirus diarrhoea.Biochemical and haematological profiles of the two groups of patients were not significantly different.No high-risk factor seemed to predispose infants to human rotavirus infection,but it occured predominantly in well nourished infants. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/1887 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Diarrhoea,viral | en_US |
| dc.subject | Diarrhoea,infantile--Zambia | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalance and epidemiology of rotavirus infection in infantile diarrhoea at the Diarrhoeal Training Unit of the University Teaching Hospital of Lusaka, Zambia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |