Seasonality of rotavirus infection in Ghana.
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Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
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Human rotavirus (HRV) infection and its seasonal distribution was studied over a 12-month period in Ghana. A total of 561 stool samples, 447 diarrhoea stools and 114 non-diarrhoea stools (controls), were obtained from children attending three polyclinics in Accra. Rotavirus was detected during 10 of the 12 months and showed a seasonal trend. It was high during the relatively cool dry months and low during the wet season. Peaks of infection were in February (26.2%) and September (24.5%). HRV was detected in 67 of 447 of the diarrhoea stools (15.0%) and in eight of 114 controls (7.0%). The HRV isolation rate was highest (20.2%) in the under-18-months age group
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Armah, G. E., Mingle, J. A. A., Dodoo, A. K., Anyanful, A., Antwi, R., Commey, J., & Nkrumah, F. K. (1994). Seasonality of rotavirus infection in Ghana. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 14(3), 223-229.