Prevalence of rotavirus, adenovirus, hepatitis A virus and enterovirus in water samples collected from different region of Peshawar, Pakistan.
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2016
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Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
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Viral gastroenteritis and other water-borne diseases are the most neglected areas of research in Pakistan. To determine the quality of water, 4 enteric viruses were studied from different localities of Peshawar, Pakistan. The study validates the viral detection method for Rotavirus (RV), Human adenovirus (HAdV), Enterovirus (EV) and Hepatitis A virus (HAV), directly from water sources of rural areas of Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan. Overall, 95 five water samples were tested; among them, 9.47% were positive for RV, 38.94% for HAdV, 48.42% for EV and 12.63% for HAV. The presence of these viruses in water was directly correlated with meteorological data. High prevalence of EV and HAdV was detected frequently in the wet season from May – September, which can be the potential cause of spreading of gastroenteritis in the populationf. Environmental surveillance is an additional tool to evaluate the epidemiology of enteric viruses circulating in a given community.
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Chemistry, water, Enteric Viruses, Molecular Epidemiology, Diagnostic, Public Health.
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Ahmad,T., Arshad,N., Afzal,M.S., Adnan, F., Zaidi, N.-u.-S. S., Shahid, M.T., & Anjum, S. (2016). Prevalence of rotavirus, adenovirus, hepatitis A virus and enterovirus in water samples collected from different region of Peshawar, Pakistan. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 23(4), 576-580. (Muhammad Sohail Afzal (Chemistry/SSC), JCR LISTED (IF:0.895))