Gastrointestinal Infection in South African Children under the Age of 5 years: A Mini Review

Table 1

Prevalence of gastrointestinal pathogens in South Africa (mini review).

Regions	Study design	Sample size	Pathogens	References
Vhembe District and Limpopo Province		100	E. coli, C. jejuni/Campylobacter coli, Salmonella, Shigella Plesiomonas shigelloides, and V. cholerae rotaviruses	[155]
Eastern Cape Province		72	Hepatitis A virus, enteroviruses, and rotaviruses	[156]
Gauteng Province		150	Noroviruses GI and GII	[157]
Eastern Cape Province	Case–control	34	Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes	[158]
KwaZulu-Natal Province			Enteroviruses and enteroviruses	[159]
Eastern Cape Province	Cross-sectional	1009	Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichuira, Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium, and Taenia spp.	[160]
Vhembe District and Limpopo Province	Cross-sectional	237	E. coli, Shigella, adenovirus, norovirus, and rotavirus	[161]
KwaZulu-Natal Province	Case–control	188	Norovirus	[162]
Limpopo and Gauteng provinces		516	G. lamblia	[163]
Northwest Province		505	Rotavirus and norovirus, Campylobacter spp. Arcobacter, and DEC C. jejuni, C. coli, Campylobacter upsalensis, and Arcobacter butzleri	[164]
Gauteng Province		205	Rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus, sapovirus, and astrovirus	[165]