1Department of Community Health, College of Health and Medical Techniques, Al_Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq
2Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra, Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
3Veterinary Microbiology Department, Veterinary Medicine College, Karbala University, Iraq
*Corresponding Author: Ihasan Adnan Hashim Department of Community Health, College of Health and Medical Techniques, Al_Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq, Email: ahasan.iraq@gmail.com
Online published on 20 March, 2019.
Diarrhea is of great concern in children under the ages of five. In developing countries, multiple incidence of diarrhea can lead to critical problems. We tried to to evaluate role of immunochromatographic assay (ICA) to detect the members of viral gastroenteritis in 120 child of both gender, aged 2–3 years presented with diarrhea, between December 2017 to April 2018 at Al zahra Maternity and Padiatric Teaching Hospital-Najaf, Iraq. Fecal Samples were collected and examined using immunochromatographic assay (ICA). The main findings revealed that 62 (51.6%) viral gastroenteritis cases, one virus-alone included Adeno virus, Astro virus, Noro virus and Rota virus found in in (26.6%), (17.7%), (13.3%) and (42.2%), of patients, respectively. Co-infection with four virauses reported in (6.6%), three viruses in (11.1%), two viruses; Adeno and Rota virus in (15.5%), Noro and Rota virus in 2 cases (4.4%), one case had Adeno and Asto virus (2.2%). In conclusion: the study proved that highest percentage of viral gastroenteritis was Rota virus, and the incidenc of co-infection was also reported included Adeno with Rota viruses, Noro with Rota viruses, and Adeno with Astro virus.
Diarhea, Adeno virus, Astro virus, Noro virus and Rota virus
