Wastewater-based surveillance as a tool for public health action: SARS-CoV-2 and beyond

MD Parkins, BE Lee, N Acosta, M Bautista… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has undergone dramatic advancement in the context
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The power and potential of this …

Occurrence of human enteric viruses in water sources and shellfish: A focus on Africa

NS Upfold, GA Luke, C Knox - Food and Environmental Virology, 2021 - Springer
Enteric viruses are a diverse group of human pathogens which are primarily transmitted by
the faecal–oral route and are a major cause of non-bacterial diarrhoeal disease in both …

Effect of rotavirus genetic diversity on vaccine impact

A Sadiq, N Bostan, J Khan… - Reviews in Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Group A rotaviruses (RVAs) are the leading cause of gastroenteritis, causing 0.2 million
deaths and several million hospitalisations globally each year. Four rotavirus vaccines …

Infection with adenovirus, rotavirus, and coinfection among hospitalized children with gastroenteritis in an Egyptian university hospital

KA Montasser, MI Youssef… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acute gastroenteritis is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in children worldwide.
Studies stated that rotavirus and human adenovirus (HAdV) are common causes of …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular epidemiology, genetic diversity, and vaccine availability of viral acute gastroenteritis in the middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

I Elbashir, NF Aldoos, S Mathew, AA Al Thani… - Journal of Infection and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acute gastroenteritis is the cause of considerable mortality and morbidity worldwide,
particularly among children under five years in underdeveloped countries. Most acute …

Viral eco-genomic tools: Development and implementation for aquatic biomonitoring

G Mostafa-Hedeab, AK Allayeh, HA Elhady… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enteric viruses (EVs) occurrence within aquatic environments varies and leads to significant
risk on public health of humans, animals, and diversity of aquatic taxa. Early and efficacious …

Isolation, propagation and genotyping of human rotaviruses circulating among children with gastroenteritis in two Egyptian university hospitals

MH El-Gayar, SE Saleh, AF Mohamed, MM Aboulwafa… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Group A rotaviruses are the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis
affecting Egyptian children under the age of five, with symptoms ranging from asymptomatic …

Temporal variations of human and animal Rotavirus A genotypes in surface water used for drinking water production

T Miura, S Kadoya, H Takino, D Sano… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rotavirus is a major cause of gastroenteritis among infants and children. In this study,
nested PCR assays were developed to amplify partial regions of the VP7, VP4, and VP6 …

The Epidemiology of Circulating Rotavirus Associated with Diarrhea in Egyptian Kids and Calves: A Review

AH Ghonaim, MG Hopo, NH Ghonaim, Y Jiang, Q He… - Zoonoses, 2023 - scienceopen.com
Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) induced by rotavirus has been a major disease burden in Egypt
since 1981 when rotavirus was first reported in humans and calves. Genome segmentation …

Prevalence and spatiotemporal distribution of rotavirus diarrhea among children younger than five years old in Lagos, Nigeria

E Eugenia Afocha, B Abiodun Iwalokun… - … of Immunoassay and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Data on spatiotemporal distribution of rotavirus diarrhea are limited in many endemic
settings. This study determined the prevalence and seasonal distribution of rotavirus among …