Acute febrile viral infections among children below 12 ... - Sudanjp.org

I-------------------------------------occurred in 21(19.4%) patients. Viral infection was implicated in 30.5%and 15.1% of cases of respiratory tract infections and. gastroenteritis,respectively. About 10% and 13.3% of infants less than three monthswere found to have significant IgM titers of Rubella & CMVrespectively. This raises the possibility of congenital (maternaltransmitted) infection. The study revealed that no difference in theincidence of viral infection between febrile and afebrile children(p= 0.3423) and that the clinical presentation of certain viralinfections e.g. rubella, influenza etc ... is not different from thatreported in literature, mostly presenting with symptomatology of respiratoryinfections.Introduction:Virology has become an increasinglyimportant field of medicinein the past decades. Many infectious diseases were once of unknownetiology can now be linked to specific viral pathogens.New methods fordiagnosing and treating viral diseases are being developed. In addition,Antiviral therapy or prophylaxis is available for many of these viralinfections' .Epidemics of acute illness have been reported to occurfollowing heavy rainfalls in areas where arboviral pathogens are endemic".The clinician'sability to distinguish between parasitic, bacterial and viralsuch outbreaks is often difficult' and the diagnostic dilemmas are furthercomplicated by a lack of medical technology in developing countries -Sudan is no exception. Consequently, the relative importanceof different63