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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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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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author Colomba, Claudia
Saporito, Laura
Giammanco, Giovanni M.
De Grazia, Simona
Ramirez, Stefania
Arista, Serenella
Titone, Lucina
author_facet Colomba, Claudia
Saporito, Laura
Giammanco, Giovanni M.
De Grazia, Simona
Ramirez, Stefania
Arista, Serenella
Titone, Lucina
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description 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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spelling pubmed-28572752010-05-06 Norovirus and Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children, Italy Colomba, Claudia Saporito, Laura Giammanco, Giovanni M. De Grazia, Simona Ramirez, Stefania Arista, Serenella Titone, Lucina Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2857275/ /pubmed/18252118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061408 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Colomba, Claudia
Saporito, Laura
Giammanco, Giovanni M.
De Grazia, Simona
Ramirez, Stefania
Arista, Serenella
Titone, Lucina
Norovirus and Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children, Italy
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title_full_unstemmed Norovirus and Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children, Italy
title_short Norovirus and Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children, Italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857275/
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