Detection of Rota Virus by Rapid Test in Comparison with Enzyme Linked Immunoassay in Acute Diarrhea Children in Babylon Province

Globally, human rotavirus is considered as a major etiologic agent of acquired diarrhea which infect young kids as well as infants. For the purpose of efficient treatment, early diagnosis is of high importance. Group-A Rotavirus are in responsible for serious watery diarrhea in young kids. Rapid analysis of the Rotavirus associated diarrhea can prevent inappropriate supervision of antibiotics and help in stopping the pass on of multi- drug resistance. Rotavirus antigen is discovered by ELISA and with one step rapid antigen test showed an occurrence of 23% using ELISA and 22.5% using Rapid test respectively. Fast showed a tenderness of 96.97% and specificity of 100% in comparison to ELISA. The Rotavirus infection was maximum in age group of one years to two years (60.86%) in male and in addition tofemale (39.13%). Throughout the winter, the infections was at its highest levels, also it has been appeared with triad of diarrhea, fever and vomiting. Severe dehydration and watery diarrhea has been the main cases of this infection.