Epidemiology of rotavirus infection in children from a rural and urban area, in Maputo, Southern Mozambique, before vaccine introduction

This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of rotavirus infections in Mozambique before vaccine introduction. Between February 2012 and September 2013, stool specimens, demographic and clinical data were collected from 384 children <5 years old hospitalized with acute diarrhea in Mavalane General Hospital and Manhiça District Hospital, southern Mozambique. The samples were tested for rotavirus A […]
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Rotavirus A strains obtained from children with acute gastroenteritis in Mozambique, 2012-2013: G and P genotypes and phylogenetic analysis of VP7 and partial VP4 genes

Authors: Acácio S, Cassocera M, Cuamba A, de Deus N, João ED, Mandomando I, Motanyane L, O'Neill HG, Page N, Strydom A
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Archives of Virology
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29052059

In Mozambique rotavirus (RV) was shown to be the greatest cause of acute diarrhoea in infants from 0 to 11 months, and in 2015, national rotavirus vaccination was introduced. As with other developing countries, there is very limited active strain characterisation. Rotavirus positive clinical specimens, collected between 2012 and 2013, have now provided information on the […]
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Epidemiology of rotavirus infection in children from a rural and urban area, in Maputo, Southern Mozambique, before vaccine introduction

Rotavirus A strains obtained from children with acute gastroenteritis in Mozambique, 2012-2013: G and P genotypes and phylogenetic analysis of VP7 and partial VP4 genes

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