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Vol. 35 No. 3 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2020.9047

Prevalence of non-polio enteroviruses infections among children in Northern Nigeria

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Received: 18 April 2020
Published: 30 November 2020
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Non-Polio Enteroviruses, Cell culture, Feco-oral transmission, Nigeria

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Peter Elisha Ghamba
W.H.O National Polio Laboratory, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
David Bukbuk
Department of Microbiology, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Bamidele Soji Oderinde
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Marycelin Baba
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Anthony Uchenna Emeribe
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
Idris Nasir Abdullahi
eedris888@yahoo.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5511-1272 (unauthenticated)
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

Background: Human non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) have been associated with certain life-threatening disorders in children. However, there is paucity of NPEV infection data in most developing countries. This study determined the 3-year prevalence of non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) among children in some Northern States of Nigeria.
Materials and Methods: Duplicate stool samples were collected from 27778 children ≤15 years. These samples were processed and analyzed for characteristic NPEVs cytopathic effects (CPE) on L20B and RD cell lines. Tests were considered positive if the duplicate samples produced distinct CPE on both cell lines.
Results: Of the 27778 samples processed, 3991 (14.4%) NPEVs were isolated. Participants of the male gender (14.5%) within the age range of 0-5 years (14.7%) from Yobe state (15.3%) whose samples were received in the month of June (22.2%) and in the year 2015 (18.8%) had the highest prevalence of NPEVs. June had significant risk factors of NPEVs (p˂0.001, OR=1.95 [95%CI: 1.60-2.34]). However, there was no significant association between age, sex and location of sample collection with the prevalence of NPEV (p˃0.05)
Conclusions: This study revealed a relatively high prevalence of NPEVs among the study population. This calls for the need for government implementation of consistently improved water, food and environmental hygiene.

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Prevalence of non-polio enteroviruses infections among children in Northern Nigeria. (2020). Microbiologia Medica, 35(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2020.9047

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