Systematic literature review of role of noroviruses in sporadic gastroenteritis

Systematic literature review of role of noroviruses in sporadic gastroenteritis

We conducted a systematic review of studies that used reverse transcription-PCR to diagnose norovirus (NoV) infections in patients with mild or moderate (outpatient) and severe (hospitalized) diarrhea. NoVs accounted for 12%(95% confidence interval [CI] 10%-15%) of severe gastroenteritis cases among...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2008-08, Vol.14 (8), p.1224-1231
Hauptverfasser: Patel, Manish M, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Glass, Roger I, Akazawa, Kenichiro, Vinjé, Jan, Parashar, Umesh D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
burden of illness
Caliciviridae Infections - virology
calicivirus infections
Control
Diagnosis
diarrhea
Disease Outbreaks
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis - virology
Genetic aspects
Health aspects
Humans
Norovirus
Norovirus - isolation & purification
Norwalk virus
Polymerase chain reaction
Risk factors
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Zusammenfassung:We conducted a systematic review of studies that used reverse transcription-PCR to diagnose norovirus (NoV) infections in patients with mild or moderate (outpatient) and severe (hospitalized) diarrhea. NoVs accounted for 12%(95% confidence interval [CI] 10%-15%) of severe gastroenteritis cases among children
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1408.071114