Infection with adenovirus, rotavirus, and coinfection among hospitalized children with gastroenteritis in an Egyptian university hospital.

Acute gastroenteritis is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in children worldwide. Studies stated that rotavirus and human adenovirus (HAdV) are common causes of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in children aged 0-5 years. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the distribution of rotavirus, HAdV, and coinfections among hospitalized children with gastroenteritis below 7 years old and determine the prevalence of enteric HAdV among all HAdV gastroenteritis.

Role of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) core antigen in improving blood transfusion safety in high prevalence, resource limited countries, a step forward.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of hepatitis C virus [HCV] core Ag as an alternative affordable test in resource limited countries blood banks.

Background: Implementing nucleic acid testing in developing countries with low resources is still unaffordable. Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C in the world and still in need to efficient affordable transfusion program that reduces the window period for the virus before implementing the complex high cost NAT.