Norovirus and Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children, Italy

Noroviruses were detected in 48.4% of 192 children (<3 years of age) hospitalized for gastroenteritis in Palermo, Italy, during 2004; predominant genotypes were GGIIb/Hilversum and GGII.4 Hunter. Of children with viral enteritis, 19.6% had a mixed norovirus-rotavirus infection. The severity of in...

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Autores principales: Colomba, Claudia, Saporito, Laura, Giammanco, Giovanni M., De Grazia, Simona, Ramirez, Stefania, Arista, Serenella, Titone, Lucina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252118
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061408
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Sumario:Noroviruses were detected in 48.4% of 192 children (<3 years of age) hospitalized for gastroenteritis in Palermo, Italy, during 2004; predominant genotypes were GGIIb/Hilversum and GGII.4 Hunter. Of children with viral enteritis, 19.6% had a mixed norovirus-rotavirus infection. The severity of infection was lower for norovirus than for rotavirus but increased in co-infection.

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