Molecular characteristics of rotavirus genotypes circulating in the south of Benin, 2016-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Rotavirus remains the main causative agent of gastroenteritis in young children in countries that have not yet introduced the vaccine. In Benin, rotavirus vaccine was introduced late December 2019 into the EPI. This study aims to provide pre-vaccination era rotavirus genotyping data in Benin. These data can supplement data from the surveillance system of Ministry of Health of Benin which is supported by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Results

Of the 420 diarrheal stool samples, actively collected in southern Benin from July 2016 through November 2018 from children under 5 years old and suffering from gastroenteritis, 167 (39.8%) samples were rotavirus EIA positive. 186 (44.3%) samples contained amplifiable rotavirus RNA detected by qRT-PCR method and were geno

SUBMITTER: Agbla JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7574571 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature