Norovirus gastroenteritis among children in Iraqi Kurdistan

Of 260 children under age 5 years who were hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Kurdistan, Iraq, between April and May 2005, 78 (30%) tested positive for norovirus by RT‐PCR. These comprised genogroups GI (23%), GII (74%) and GI + GII (3%). Among 28 noroviruses sequenced, GII/4 was the predomi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical virology 2008-03, Vol.80 (3), p.506-509
Hauptverfasser:	Al-Mashhadani, Manar Najim, Nakagomi, Osamu, Dove, Winifred, Ahmed, Herish, Nakagomi, Toyoko, Hart, C. Anthony, Cunliffe, Nigel A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Distribution Biological and medical sciences Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology Caliciviridae Infections - physiopathology Caliciviridae Infections - virology Child, Preschool diarrhea Feces - virology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Gastroenteritis - virology Genotype Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Iraq - epidemiology Medical sciences Microbiology Miscellaneous Norovirus Norovirus - classification Norovirus - genetics Norovirus - isolation & purification pediatric Phylogeny Rotavirus - genetics Rotavirus - isolation & purification Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology Rotavirus Infections - physiopathology Rotavirus Infections - virology Viral diseases Virology
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Zusammenfassung:	Of 260 children under age 5 years who were hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Kurdistan, Iraq, between April and May 2005, 78 (30%) tested positive for norovirus by RT‐PCR. These comprised genogroups GI (23%), GII (74%) and GI + GII (3%). Among 28 noroviruses sequenced, GII/4 was the predominant genotype. J. Med. Virol. 80:506–509, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:	0146-6615 1096-9071
DOI:	10.1002/jmv.21099