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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1995 41(5):301-303; doi:10.1093/tropej/41.5.301
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Viral Diarrhoea in a Rural Coastal Region of Karnataka India

Mamatha Shetty, Thelma Alfonse Brown, Mohan Kotian and P. G. Shivananda

Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, India

Dr. P. G. Shivananda, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal- 576 119, Karnataka, India.

A total of 106 children below 5 years of age admitted to the Kasturba Medical College Hospital Manipal Karnataka (South India) were investigated over a period of 6 months to determine the aetiologkal role of viruses in acute diarrhoea. Viral aetiological agents isolated were Rotaviruses in 12 (11 per cent) cases, Adenoviruses in 3 (3 per cent) cases, corona virus and astroviruses in two (2 per cent) cases each. Non-viral isolates were Cryptosporidium and Salmonella typhimurium in two cases each, and Entamoeba histolyticaand and Shigella flexneri in one case each.


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