@article{fdi:010064697,
  title = {{M}olecular epidemiology of enteric viruses and genotyping of rotavirus {A}, adenovirus and astrovirus among children under 5 years old in {G}abon},
  author = {{L}ekana-{D}ouki, {S}. {E}. and {K}ombila-{K}oumavor, {C}. and {N}koghe, {D}. and {D}rosten, {C}. and {D}rexler, {J}. {F}. and {L}eroy, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}bjectives: {T}his study aimed to determine the prevalence of enteric viruses causing gastroenteritis, and the circulating stains, in {G}abonese children under five years old who visited health centers between {M}arch 2010 and {J}une 2011. {M}ethods: {S}tool specimens were collected and sent for analysis to {CIRMF} ({C}entre {I}nternational de {R}echerches {M}edicales de {F}ranceville). {S}tools were screened for six enteric viruses (rotavirus, adenovirus, norovirus {I} and {II}, sapovirus, human astrovirus) by means of a multiplex real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, and {R}otavirus {A}, {A}denovirus and {A}strovirus were genotyped. {R}esults: {A}mong the 317 specimens analyzed, 193 (60.9%) were positive for at least one enteric virus. {R}otavirus {A} ({RVA}) (27.1%) was the most frequently detected virus, followed by human {A}denovirus ({HA}d{V}) (19.6%), {N}orovirus {II} ({N}o{V}s-{II}) (13.9%), {N}orovirus {I} ({N}o{V}s-{I}) (9.1%), {S}apovirus ({S}a{V}) (9.5%) and human {A}strovirus ({HA}st{V}) (6.3%). {O}ne-third of the 193 positive samples contained more than one virus. {T}he most common {R}otavirus {A} genotype was {G}6{P}[6]. {V}arious {HA}d{V} serotypes were found. {HA}st{V}-1 was identified. {C}onclusions: {T}hese findings improve our knowledge of circulating enteric viruses in {G}abon. {T}he emergence of unusual {G}6{P}[6] strain of rotavirus {A}, predominant, suggested a particular epidemiological surveillance of circulating rotavirus strains during the introduction of vaccination in {G}abon.},
  keywords = {{G}abon ; gastroenteritis ; virus ; strain ; {GABON}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {I}nfectious {D}iseases},
  volume = {34},
  numero = {},
  pages = {90--95},
  ISSN = {1201-9712},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ijid.2015.03.009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064697},
}