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In Nigeria, there is scarce data on the prevalence\/importance, burden, clinical\/risk factors and seasonality of rotavirus and bacteria and this study aims to determine the role of rotavirus and bacteria on diarrhoea cases in children less than five years in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nMethods<\/jats:title>\nSocio-demographic data, environmental\/risk factors and diarrhoiec stool samples were collected from children less than five years presenting with acute diarrhoea. Rotavirus was identified using ELISA. Bacteria pathogens were detected using cultural technique and typed using PCR. Diarrhoeagenic E<\/jats:italic>. coli (<\/jats:italic>DEC) isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Pathogen positive and negative samples were compared in terms of gender, age-group, seasonal distribution, and clinical\/risk factors using chi-square with two-tailed significance. SPSS version 20.0.1 for Windows was used for statistical analysis.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nResults<\/jats:title>\nAt least one pathogen was detected from 63 (60.6%) children having gastroenteritis while 28 (44.4%) had multiple infections. Rotavirus was the most detected pathogen. Prevalence of rotavirus mono-infection was 22%, multiple infection with bacteria was 45%. Mono-infection prevalence of DEC, Shigella<\/jats:italic> spp., and Salmonella<\/jats:italic> spp. were 5.8% (6\/104), 5.8% (6\/104), and 2.9% (3\/104) and co-infection with RVA were 23.1% (24\/104), 21.2% (22\/104) and 10.6% (11\/104) respectively. All rotaviral infections were observed in the dry season. The pathotypes of DEC<\/jats:italic> detected were STEC and EAEC. Parent earnings and mid-upper arm circumference measurement have statistical correlation with diarrhoea (p = 0.034; 0.035 respectively).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nConclusion<\/jats:title>\nIn this study, rotavirus was more prevalent than bacteria and occurred only in the dry season. Among bacteria aetiologies, DEC was the most common detected. 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