PREVALENCE OF ROTAVIRUSES AND ADENOVIRUSES ASSOCIATED WITH DIARRHOEA AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN AGED 0-5 YEARS OLD IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

Malnutrition and diarrhoeal morbidity continues to be a public health problem of considerable magnitude in most developing countries; therefore, a study on the prevalence of some diarrhoea associated enteric viruses and nutritional status of children aged 0-5 years old was undertaken in Katsina State, Northwestern Nigeria where there is little or no information. A total of 400 (322 diarrhoiec and 78 non-diarrhoiec) stool specimens were collected from children attending six hospitals located across the three senatorial zones of the state from June 2013 to April 2014. Their socio-demographic information, anthropometric measurements and clinical presentations were also noted with the aid of questionnaire. Viral antigens were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and all the ELISA positive samples were examined by negative staining electron microscopy. Rotavirus was detected in 5.3% of the diarrhoiec and none in the non-diarrhoiec specimens while adenovirus was detected in ...