<em>Cryptosporidium</em> spp. and rotavirus gastroenteritis and change of incidence after rotavirus vaccination among children in Raparin Pediatrics Hospital, Erbil, Iraq

Abstract

ABSTRAK (11,7%). Puncak infeksi terjadi selama musim semi 9 (65,9% vs 14,1%, p<0,05). ,5%). Tingkat deteksi rotavirus (32,0%) sedikit lebih tinggi pada laki-laki (34,4% vs 30,0%) dan anak usia 1 sampai 3 tahun (39,3%). Tingkat deteksi tertinggi (38,6%) terjadi selama musim dingin (Januari dan Februari). Infeksi lebih tinggi bermakna pada anak yang tidak divaksin Kesimpulan: Insidens cryptosporidiosis mengalami penurunan tetapi gastroenteritis akibat rotavirus cukup banyak terjadi pada anak-anak di Erbil. Vaksin rotavirus menurunkan insidens infeksiakibat rotavirus secara bermakna. ABSTRACTBackground: Watery diarrhea is the most common medical problem among infants and young children, caused by different microbial etiology including Cryptosporidium spp. and rotavirus, which are usually misdiagnosed in conventional stool test. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of Cryptosporidium and rotavirus gastroenteritis among children in Erbil as well as evaluate the efficacy of rotavirus vaccination procedure applied in Erbil.

Prevalence of rotavirus infection and its association with socio-demographic characteristics among under-five children admitted with acute diarrhoea in a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh

“…Present study found that, prevalence of rotavirus diarrhoea was higher among children who were not exclusively breastfed and this association was found statistically significant. This finding is found similar with a Bangladeshi study done by Ferdous et al 22 and another study done in Iraq by Azeez and Alsakee 23 found a higher incidence of rotavirus diarrhoea in infants those were not exclusively breastfed. This finding can be explained by the protective immunological effects of breastmilk in infants and young children.…”

Prevalence of Cryptosporidiosis and It’s Associated Risk Factors Among Human Population in Zakho District, Duhok Province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

“…The first case of cryptosporidiosis was reported in Iraq in 1996 (Mahdi et al, 1996). After that several studies were conducted in different areas of the country for estimating the prevalence of the Cryptosporidiosis among urban and rural population (Abdulsada, 2015;Ahmed et al, 2016;Azeez and Alsakee, 2017;Al-Saeed et al, 2020;Alkhanaq and Thamer, 2022). The high rate of infection recorded in the present study (87.57%) is in line with other studies conducted in various parts of Iraq, such as in Mid-Euphrates Area with an infection rate of 92.2% which was slightly higher than the present rate (Abdulsada, 2015).…”