Erratum: Rotavirus Genotypes and Vaccine Effectiveness from a Sentinel, Hospital-Based, Surveillance Study for Three Consecutive Rotavirus Seasons in Lebanon.

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Characterization of astrovirus-associated gastroenteritis in hospitalized children under five years of age.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and genetic diversity of astrovirus (AstV) detected in children hospitalized for gastroenteritis (GE).

Methods: A multi-center, hospital-based surveillance study was conducted across Lebanon to investigate the incidence of AstV among diarrheal hospitalizations. Viral RNA was extracted from stool samples collected between 2011 and 2013 from children, below the age of 5years, hospitalized for GE at six medical centers across Lebanon.

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of norovirus gastroenteritis among hospitalized children in Lebanon.

Aim: To assess the burden of norovirus (NoV) and to determine the diversity of circulating strains among hospitalized children in Lebanon.

Methods: Stool samples were collected from children presenting with acute gastroenteritis to six major hospitals in Lebanon. A total of 739 eligible stool samples, testing negative for diarrhea caused by rotavirus as a possible viral pathogen, were collected between January 2011 and June 2013.

Rotavirus Genotypes and Vaccine Effectiveness from a Sentinel, Hospital-Based, Surveillance Study for Three Consecutive Rotavirus Seasons in Lebanon.

Introduction: Globally, rotavirus (RV) is the leading cause of gastroenteritis (GE) in children. Longitudinal data about changes in RV genotype distribution and vaccine effectiveness (VE) are scarce. This study was conducted in Lebanon over 3 consecutive RV seasons to estimate the rate of RVGE hospitalization, identify RV genotypes, determine the seasonal and geographical variations, and calculate RV VE.

[Congenital heart disease, maternal age and parental consanguinity in children with Down's syndrome].

Objective: Analyze the role of parental consanguinity and/or maternal age on the occurrence of congenital cardiac anomalies in infants with Down's syndrome (DS).

Material And Methods: A large group of patients with or without congenital heart disease, registered between May 1st, 1999 and June 30th, 2006, at the National Register of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, Lebanese Society of Cardiology. 217 children with DS have been enrolled over this period.