Burden and genotyping of rotavirus disease in the United Arab Emirates

Rotavirus gastroenteritis among hospitalized children under 5 years of age in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a review

“…Most RV infection was found in winter and autumn. In contrast, three studies from Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq and Yemen concluded that the peak incidence of rotaviral infection was found in summer (16,22,37) (Table 2).…”

“…Overall, G1P [8] combination represented the predominant genotype followed by G9P [8] and G2P [4] in the MENA region, in 1535 (37.7%), 916 (22.5%), and 331 (8.1%) of all RV positive samples, respectively. G1P [8] combination was detected in 14 studies from 10 countries (10,11,14,(23)(24)(25)28,29,31,32,(34)(35)(36)(37). G1P [8] was the most prevalent in 11 of those studies, accounting for between 6 (6%) and 171 (69%) of genotyped RV gastroenteritis samples in those countries.…”

“…Mixed RV genotypes were identified in nine studies / eight countries (11,14,23,24,28,29,31,34,36), with a mean proportion of 191 (4.7%) of the total rotavirus positive samples during 2010-2016. Non-typeable and partially typed RV genotypes were detected in seven studies / seven countries (10,11,25,29,31,35,36) and 12 studies / 10 countries (11,14,(23)(24)(25)28,31,33,(34)(35)(36)(37), respectively. They accounted for 161 (4%) to 68 (1.7%) of all genotypes in the MENA region during 2010-2016, respectively.…”

“…We reviewed 145 articles/abstracts to select a total of 28 that met the inclusion criteria of the current review (Figure 1). The selected studies covered Bahrain (10), Egypt (11,12), Islamic Republic of Iran (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21), Iraq (22,23), Jordan (24,25), Libya (26), Morocco (27)(28)(29), Saudi Arabia (30-32), Tunisia (33), Turkey (34,35), United Arab Emirates (UAE) (36), and Yemen (37). All studies from Algeria, Jordan, Leb-anon, Oman, Palestine, and Qatar were excluded because these did not meet our inclusion criteria whereas no studies were available from Kuwait and the Syrian Arab Republic.…”

“…Among hospitalized children with acute diarrhoea, the proportion of RV gastroenteritis have fallen in Morocco from 741 (40%) to 89 (26.6%) between 2006 and 2011 (27,29), and in Saudi Arabia from 660 (65.5%) to 171 (31.6%) between 2008 and 2012 (30,32). The proportion of RV gastroenteritis appears to have increased over time in Islamic Republic of Iran from 131 (19%) to 10 (25%) between (36) and Yemen (37), reported seasonality distribution ( Table 2). Most RV infection was found in winter and autumn.…”