Journal of Medical Sciences1682-44741812-5727Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jms.2008.371.377BonkoungouI.J.O. BarroN. SanouI. ToeL. SanfoM.S. Ouedraogo-TraoreR. TraoreA.S. 4200884The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of rotavirus infection
and characterized group A rotavirus in stool by immunochromatographic
test and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Then 150 specimens of stools
were collected from patient children between December 2006 and April 2007
and analyzed. The antigenic detection of rotaviruses carry out by immunochromatographic
has revealed the presence of group A rotavirus antigen in 21 (14%), adenovirus
were also found in 8 (5.33%) and a co-infection rota-adenovirus in 2 (1.33%)
of the 150 stool samples tested. Infants were most frequently affected,
15 (71, 43%) of the 21 children rotavirus-positive, were infants ≤
1 year of age. Based on migration patterns of RNA segments of 21 rotavirus
isolates, two distinct groups of electropherotypes of group A rotaviruses
were identified: 7 (36.84%) isolates were Long (L) and 12 (63.15%) were
Short (S) electrophoretypes but any co-infection by both was identified.
This first study in the Burkina-Faso has shown the main genomic patterns
of rotavirus. There is a need for further detailed studies on the molecular
characterization of rotavirus which would have important implications
in vaccine evaluation programs.]]>Adah, M.I, A. Wade and K. Taniguchi,20013939693975Ali, A., L. Unicomb, F. Bingnan and A. Hossain,1993355363Armah, G.E., A.D. Steele, F.N. Binka, M.D. Esona and R.H. Asmah et al.,20034123172322Audu, R., S.A. Omilabu, M. de Beer, I. Peenze and A.D. Steele,2002205964Barro, N., P. Nikiéma, C.A.T. Ouattara and A.S. Traoré,200225721Nicolas, B., B.A. Razack, I. Yollande, S. Aly and O.C.A. Tidiane et al.,20076110Barro, N., L. Sangaré, M.C. Tahita, O. Traoré, C.A. De Souza and A.S. Traoré,20082008(In Press)(In Press)Bishop, R.F., G.P. Davidson, I.H. Holmes and B.J. Ruck,1973212811283Bryce, J., C. Boschi-Pinto, K. Shibuya and R.E. Black,200536511471152Carlin, J.B., P. Chondros, P. Masendycz, H. Bugg, R.F. Bishop and G.L. Barnes,1998169252256Curtis, V., S. Cairncross and R. Yonli,200052232Díez-Domingo, J., I.O. Martín, A.B. Sanz, A.G. López and C.C. Martínez et al.,200625455457Estes, M., 19961996pp: 1625-1655pp: 1625-1655Gault, E., 19982139148Georges-Courbot, M.C., A.M. Beraud, G.M. Beards, A.D. Campbell and J.P. Gonzalez et al.,198826668671Glass, R.I., P.E. Kilgore and R.C. Holman,1996174511Jayaram, H., M.K. Estes and B.V. Prasad,20041016781Kasule, M., T.K. Sebunya, B.A. Gashe, G. Armah and A.D. Steele,2003811371142Kirkwood, C.D., N. Bogdanovic-Sakran, D. Cannan, R.F. Bishop and G.L. Barnes,200630133136Koopmans, M. and E. Duizer,2004902341Kosek, M., C. Bern and R.L. Guerrant,200381197204Laemmli, U.K.,1970227680685Logan, C., J.J. O'Leary and N. O'Sullivan,20064431893195Lourenco, M.H., J.C. Nicolas, J. Cohen, R. Scherrer and F. Bricout,1981132161173O'Ryan, M., I. Pérez-Schael, N. Mamani, A. Peña and B. Salinas et al.,200120685689Pang, X.L., B. Lee, N. Boroumond, B. Leblanc, J.K. Preiksaitis and C.C. Yulp,200472496501Parashar, U.D., E.G. Hummelman, J.S. Bresee, M.A. Miller and R.I. Glass,20039565572Parashar, U.D., J.S. Bresee and R.I. Glass,200381236236Parashar, U.D., C.J. Gibson, J.S. Bresee and R.I. Glass,200612304306Rodger, S.M., R.F. Bishop, C. Birch, B. McLean and I.H. Holmes,198113272278Roman, E., I. Wilhelmi, J. Colomina, J. Villar and M.L. Cilleruelo et al.,200352435440Sanou, I., K.L. Kam, A. Tougouma, L. Sangare and J.H.P. Nikiema et al.,1999462126Steele, A.D. and J.J. Alexander,19872523842387Steele, A.D. and B. Ivanoff,200321361367Szczepaniak, Z., W. Gut and Z. Jarzabek,199644303308Thapar, N. and I.R. Sanderson,2004363641653White, L., I. Perez, M. Perez, G. Urbina, H. Greenberg, A. Kapikian and J. Flores,198419516520Wilhelmi, I., J. Colomina, D. Martin-Rodrigo, E. Roman and A. Sanchez-Fauquier,200120741743