Human Mastadenovirus Infections in Children: A Review of the Current Status in the Arab World in the Middle East and North Africa
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Region | Country | Study | Study Design | Targeted Children | Sample Size | Sample Location | Disease | Prevalence Rate |
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Middle East | Iraq | Ali Harb et al., 2019 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years with acute diarrhea | 320 children | Stool specimens | Gastroenteritis | 4.5% |
Iraq | Dilshad Jaff et al., 2016 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years of age with gastroenteritis | 100 children | Stool specimens | Gastroenteritis | 3.0% | |
Jordan | Nasser Kaplan et al., 2008 | A descriptive prospective cross-sectional study | Children below five years with an acute respiratory infection | 326 children | Nasopharyngeal aspirates | Acute respiratory infection | 18.0% | |
Jordan | Mamdoh Meqdam et al., 2001 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below thirteen years old with respiratory tract infections | 350 children | Nasopharyngeal aspirates | Acute respiratory infection | 15.4% | |
Kuwait | Hawraa Mohammad et al., 2020 | A 4-year descriptive retrospective study | Children below ten years with gastroenteritis | 84 children | Stool samples | Gastroenteritis | 23.2% | |
Kuwait | Wassim Chehadeh et al., 2018 | A 4-year descriptive retrospective study | Children below four years with severe respiratory disease | 743 children | Nasopharyngeal aspirate and Nasopharyngeal swab | Severe respiratory infections | 3.6% | |
Yemen | Khaled Al-Moyed et al., 2015 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years with acute gastroenteritis | 326 children | Stool samples | Gastroenteritis | 11% | |
Yemen | Mohammad Al Amad et al., 2019 | A descriptive retrospective study | Children below fifteen years of age with severe acute respiratory infections | 1413 children | Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs | Acute respiratory infection | 7.0% | |
Bahrain | Aysha Agab et al., 2016 | A case study | A seven-year-old male and a five-year-old female | Two Bahraini siblings | Conjunctival swabs | Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis | NM | |
Lebanon | Rasha Zaraket et al., 2020 | A 12-months descriptive retrospective study | Children below twelve years with acute gastroenteritis | 308 children | Stool samples | Gastroenteritis | 25.3% | |
United Arab Emirates | Ahmed Alsuwaidi et al., 2021 | A descriptive case-control observational study | Children below five years with diarrhea | 203 children as a case | Stool samples | Acute diarrhea | 17.2% | |
North Africa | Egypt | Abdou Kamal Allayeh et al., 2018 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years with gastroenteritis | 119 children | Fecal diarrhea samples | Gastroenteritis | 6.7% |
Egypt | Maysaa El Sayed Zaki et al., 2017 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years with acute diarrhea | 100 children | Stool sample | Acute diarrhea | 20.0% | |
Egypt | Elmahdy Elmahdy et al., 2019 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years with gastroenteritis | 60 children | Stool samples | Gastroenteritis | 28.3% | |
Morocco | Imane Jroundi et al., 2014 | A descriptive prospective cross-sectional study | Children below five years with respiratory symptomatology | 700 children | Nasopharyngeal aspirates | Acute respiratory infection | 17.0% | |
Morocco | Marcil Sarrah et al., 2018 | A descriptive prospective cross-sectional study | Children below fourteen years with severe acute viral respiratory infections | 103 children | Nasopharyngeal aspirates | Acute respiratory infection | 16.5% | |
Sudan | Wafa Elhag et al., 2013 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below fourteen years old with acute diarrhea | 511 children | Stool samples | Acute diarrhea | 1.5% | |
Sudan | Mosab Adam et al., 2018 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years with acute diarrhea | 437 children | Stool samples | Acute diarrhea | 1.6% | |
Algeria | Fawzi Derrar et al., 2019 | A descriptive prospective cross-sectional study | Children below two years with respiratory tract infections | 117 children | Nasal or nasopharyngeal aspiration | Acute respiratory infection | 7.5% | |
Libya | Amal Rahouma et al., 2011 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years with acute diarrhea | 239 children | Stool specimens | Gastroenteritis | 7.1% | |
Tunisia | Ines Brini et al., 2020 | A descriptive cross-sectional observational study | Children below five years with acute respiratory infections | 583 children | Nasopharyngeal aspirate | Acute respiratory infection | 19.6% |
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