National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Group-A Rotavirus are responsible for severe watery diarrhea in young children. Rapid diagnosis of Rotavirus associated diarrhea can prevent inappropriate administration of antibiotics and help in preventing the spread of multi- drug resistance. Rotavirus antigen is detected by ELISA and with one step rapid antigen test showed an incidence of 22% using ELISA and 21.33% using Rapid test respectively. Rapid test showed a sensitivity of 96.97% and specificity of 100% in comparison to ELISA. The Rotavirus infection was highest in age group of 6 months to 24 months (62.77%) and in male (63.64%). The infection was maximum during winter and presented with triad of diarrhea, vomiting and fever. Majority of cases had watery diarrhea with severe dehydration.
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