Childhood intussusception: a literature review

J Jiang, B Jiang, U Parashar, T Nguyen, J Bines… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Postlicensure data has identified a causal link between rotavirus vaccines and
intussusception in some settings. As rotavirus vaccines are introduced globally, monitoring …

Prevalence and predictors of diarrhea among children under five in Ghana

MY Kombat, SB Kushitor, EK Sutherland… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Globally, childhood diarrhea is a major public health concern. Despite
numerous interventions that have been put in place to reduce its incidence over the years …

Efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of two doses of a tetravalent rotavirus vaccine RRV-TV in Ghana with the first dose administered during the neonatal period

GE Armah, AZ Kapikian, T Vesikari… - The Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Oral rhesus/rhesus-human reassortant rotavirus tetravalent vaccine (RRV-TV)
was licensed in 1998 but withdrawn in 1999 due to a rare association with intussusception …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of Rotavirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in Zagazig University Hospitals in Egypt

SB Ibrahim, AA El-Bialy, MS Mohammed… - Electronic …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: This case control study included 65 children with AGE and 35 healthy control
children. They were chosen from the Pediatric Department of Zagazig University Hospitals …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of rotavirus transmission dynamics and impact of vaccination in Ghana

EO Asare, MA Al-Mamun, GE Armah, BA Lopman… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Rotavirus incidence remains relatively high in low-income countries (LICs)
compared to high-income countries (HICs) after vaccine introduction. Ghana introduced …

Spatiotemporal patterns of diarrhea incidence in Ghana and the impact of meteorological and socio-demographic factors

EO Asare, JL Warren, VE Pitzer - Frontiers in epidemiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Diarrhea remains a significant public health problem and poses a considerable
financial burden on Ghana's health insurance scheme. In order to prioritize district-level …

Rotavirus diarrhoea hospitalizations among children under 5 years of age in Nigeria, 2011–2016

BN Tagbo, JM Mwenda, CB Eke, BO Edelu… - Vaccine, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The high burden of rotavirus acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is well documented
among children under 5 years of age, with the majority of mortality occurring in developing …

Surveillance for rotavirus gastroenteritis in children less than 5 years of age in Togo

E Tsolenyanu, M Seheri, A Dagnra… - The Pediatric …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis and dehydration
in young children in both industrialized and developing countries. The anticipated …

Genetic diversity of rotavirus infection among young children with diarrhoea in the Kassena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana: a seasonal cross-sectional survey

FK Bawa, M Mutocheluh, SD Dassah, P Ansah… - Pan African Medical …, 2023 - ajol.info
Introduction: diarrhoea disease is a global health concern, persisting as one of the top five
causes of morbidity and mortality in children. Viral aetiology of childhood diarrhoea is often …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence and genotypes of rotavirus a and human adenovirus among hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Fujian, China, 2009-2017

WUB Shan, HZ Miao, WY Wei, CF Qin… - Biomedical and …, 2019 - besjournal.com
Gastroenteritis is an infectious diarrhea that has been considered as an important cause of
hospitalizations and death in children aged< 5 years, particularly in developing countries …