Prevalence of rotavirus, adenovirus, hepatitis A virus and enterovirus in water samples collected from different region of Peshawar, Pakistan.
| dc.contributor.author | Ahmad, Tahir | |
| dc.contributor.author | Arshad, Najma | |
| dc.contributor.author | Adnan, Fazal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-16T05:39:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-16T05:39:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | 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)) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/3343 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine | en_US |
| dc.subject | Chemistry | en_US |
| dc.subject | water, Enteric Viruses, Molecular Epidemiology, Diagnostic, Public Health. | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence of rotavirus, adenovirus, hepatitis A virus and enterovirus in water samples collected from different region of Peshawar, Pakistan. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |