The burden of norovirus disease in children: a multi-country study in Chile, Brazil, Thailand and the Philippines

The burden of norovirus disease in children: a multi-country study in Chile, Brazil, Thailand and the Philippines

•Norovirus (NoV) was frequent among 1294 children with acute gastroenteritis (AGE).•24% of AGE outpatient episodes and 18% of AGE hospitalizations were NoV-positive.•The predominant NoV genotype was GII.4, present in 58% of NoV infections.•Brazil, with rotavirus vaccination, had the highest prevalen...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of infectious diseases 2021-08, Vol.109, p.77-84
Hauptverfasser: Safadi, Marco Aurelio, Riera-Montes, Margarita, Bravo, Lulu, Tangsathapornpong, Auchara, Lagos, Rosanna, Thisyakorn, Usa, Linhares, Alexandre C., Capeding, Rose, Prommalikit, Olarn, Verstraeten, Thomas, O'Ryan, Miguel
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Sprache:eng
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community
gastroenteritis
hospital
norovirus
nosocomial
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Zusammenfassung:•Norovirus (NoV) was frequent among 1294 children with acute gastroenteritis (AGE).•24% of AGE outpatient episodes and 18% of AGE hospitalizations were NoV-positive.•The predominant NoV genotype was GII.4, present in 58% of NoV infections.•Brazil, with rotavirus vaccination, had the highest prevalence of NoV infection. Noroviruses (NoVs) cause acute gastroenteritis (AGE) worldwide, affecting children in particular. We aimed to estimate the burden of disease due to NoV among children aged
ISSN:1201-9712
1878-3511
DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.037