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Prevalence of Rota-virus diarrhoea among children 3-24 months at Fort Portal regional Referral hospital, Uganda
Author: Goretty Laker1, Jolly Nankunda1, Bernis Maren Melvis1, Martin Nduwimana1, Joel Kimera1, Dickson Kajoba1, Richard Justine Odong1, Isaac Edyedu2 and *Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu3
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Published: 2023
Section: School of Allied Health Sciences
Abstract
The study was done to determine the prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea among children 3 to 24 months old at Fort
Portal Regional Referral hospital.This was a hospital based cross sectional, descriptive and analytical study design to
determine the prevalence, dehydration status and factors associated with Rota-virus diarrhea in children 3- 24 months
in Fort Portal Regional Referral hospital. The study was carried out at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital pediatric
(ward, OPD, Nutrition unit). In this study, one test result was invalid. Forty-two tests were positive representing a
prevalence of 15.7% as shown in figure 1 below. The prevalence of Rota-virus diarrhea was low in the post Rotavirus
vaccination period. Majority of the participants with rotavirus diarrhea had some dehydration