Research Article
Adenovirus Infection Is Predicted by Prolonged Duration of Diarrhea among Rotavirus-Vaccinated Children below Five Years of Age in Mwanza, Tanzania
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants (
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| | Number | Percent (%/median) |
| Age | 137 | | | | 12 (IQR 8-17) | Sample location | | | BMC | 21 | 15.3 | Nyamagana | 51 | 37.2 | Sekou Toure | 65 | 47.5 | Residence | | | Rural | 6 | 4.4 | Urban | 131 | 95.6 | Sex | | | Female | 75 | 54.7 | Male | 62 | 45.3 | Mother/guardian education level | | | Primary | 104 | 75.9 | Secondary | 33 | 24.1 | Mother/guardian employment | | | Employed | 67 | 48.9 | Not employed | 70 | 51.1 | Duration of diarrhea | 137 | 4 (IQR 3-6) days | Consistency | | | Watery | 84 | 61.3 | Mucoid | 53 | 38.7 | HIV status | | | Negative | 22 | 16.1 | Positive | 3 | 2.2 | Unknown | 112 | 81.8 | Temperature | 137 | | Vomiting | | | No | 39 | 28.5 | Yes | 98 | 71.5 | Rehydration before hospital | | | No | 70 | 51.1 | Yes | 67 | 48.9 | Previous diarrhea | | | No | 89 | 65.0 | Yes | 48 | 35.0 | Neighbor with diarrhea | | | No | 115 | 83.9 | Yes | 22 | 16.1 | Weight/height score | | | Moderate malnutrition | 11 | 8.0 | Mild malnutrition | 15 | 11.0 | No malnutrition | 111 | 81.0 | Rota virus vaccine | | | No | 9 | 6.6 | Yes | 128 | 93.4 | Number of rotavirus vaccine received | | | None | 9 | 6.6 | One dose | 5 | 3.7 | Two doses | 123 | 89.8 |
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