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J Parasit Dis Diagn Ther 2017
Volume 2 Issue 3
Tropical Medicine 2017
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September 7-8, 2017 | Edinburgh, Scotland
4
th
International Conference on
Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases & Public Health
PREVALENCE OF NOROVIRUS AND
ROTAVIRUS IN CHILDRENWITHACUTE
GASTROENTERITIS
Kota Majlinda
a
, Simaku Artan
a
, Iris Hatibi
a
, Bino Silva
a
and Neza Bashkim
b
a
Institute of Public Health, Albania
b
University Hospital Center, Albania
G
astroenteritis is one of the most common diseases
affecting children and rotavirus is the major etiological
agent worldwide. Noroviruses are second only to rotaviruses as
causative agents of acute gastroenteritis in children.The aimof
this studywas to determine the prevalence and clinical features
of associated gastroenteritis among hospitalized children.
Overall 326 stool samples were collected from hospitalized
pediatric patients with a diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis.
We analyzed clinical features, hospitalization course of the
patients and laboratory data. Samples were tested by ELISA
antigen test for Rotavirus and Real time PCR for Norovirus.
Patients with bloody or bacterial diarrhea were excluded from
the study. Norovirus was the second most frequent pathogen
after rotavirus, being detected in 13.8 % of the 326 enrolled
children and in 10.3% of them as a single causative agent.
Rotavirus was detected in 28.5% of children. Norovirus and
Rotavirus infection was more prevalent in children less than
2 years of age. Vomiting and fever was present in 58% of cases.
Norovirus cases were clinically indistinguishable from those
of rotavirus origin. Norovirus was a frequent cause of acute
sporadic gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Albanian
children less than 5 years of age and it represents the second
most common etiologic agent after rotavirus.
Biography
Kota Majlinda has been Graduated from University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural
Science in 1990 as Biologist. Later on she obtained his Master`s Degree in
2002 and PhD in 2007 from Faculty of Natural Science with subjects in Virology.
She is a viorologist who works in the National Laboratory of Virology and with a
university research group. Her research interests are enteroviruses, polioviruses
of haemorraghic fever, Herpes viruses and Influenza viruses. Among her
achievements are the contribution to polio elimination and maintenance of polio
free status in Albania and also the estimation of burden of rotavirus associated
gastroenteriritis which still is. Presently she has been working at the Faculty of
Naural Science as the lecturer.
mdhimolea@live.comKota Majlinda et al., J Parasit Dis Diagn Ther 2017