Rotaviruses are the leading cause of gastroenteritis in young children. The incidence of diarrhea due to rotavirus in Indonesia is evenly throughout the year with the mortality approximately of 10,088 children in a year. These viruses are transmitted by fecal-oral route with high rate of transmission. More than 50 combinations G-P known as strain that infect human with the predominant serotypes…
Background: Rotavirus is the most common etiologic agent causes severe diarrhea in infants and children worldwide. Globally, every year 600,000 deaths in children less than 5 years associated with rotavirus infection. Commonly used to detect rotavirus stool samples, but getting stool samples were more difficult than rectal swab. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of the use of…
The diarrhea morbidity in Indonesia has increased, however, all the reports had not been done carefully, so that accurate surveillance are essential for improving quality of morbidity data. To determine the prevalence and clinical manifestations of rota virus diarrhea and to characterize the circulating rotavirus strains, children below 5 years old who were admitted to Hasan Sadikin Hospital, B…