No Sign of Rotavirus Co-Infection in Covid-19 Patients With Gastrointestinal Symptoms Publisher Pubmed



Zandi M¹ ; Soltani S¹ ; Sadooni R² ; Salmanzadeh S³ ; Erfani Y⁴ ; Shahbahrami R⁴ ; Piri M² ; Pakzad R⁵ ; Ghodratifard N² ; Moghadam AE² ; Abbasi S⁶ Show Affiliations
Source: Malawi Medical Journal Published:2023

Abstract

Background and aims The main goal of the present study is to investigate the incidence of Rotavirus co-infection in COVID-19 patients. Methods and Results Fecal samples of COVID-19 patients with gastrointestinal symptoms which had positive PCR-were collected from Abadan’s hospital, Iran during the period December 2020 to January 2021. Samples were analyzed by RT-PCR to determine the presence of Rotavirus. Finally, the total samples size of 37 were included in this study. The mean age of patients was 48.22 years. Abdominal pain alone was detected in 48.65% of the patients. At least one gastrointestinal symptom was detected in all of the patients. Diarrhea and fever were seen in 13.51% and 59.46% of patients, respectively. Nausea and vomiting were seen in 5.41% of the patients. RT-PCR showed no infection of Rotavirus among the patients. Conclusion Gastrointestinal symptoms related to COVID-19 are common. More studies is need among these patients groups for investigate coinfection with other fecal viral shedding carries, due to a worse prognosis and its association with disease severity. © 2023 Kamuzu University of Health Sciences and the Medical Association of Malawi.