Incidence of Norovirus-Associated Diarrhea, Shanghai, China, 2012-2013

We conducted sentinel-based surveillance for norovirus in the Pudong area of Shanghai, China, during 2012-2013, by analyzing 5,324 community surveys, 408,024 medical records, and 771 laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections among 3,877 diarrhea cases. Our analysis indicated an outpatient incidence...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2017-02, Vol.23 (2), p.312-315
Main Authors: Yu, Jianxing, Ye, Chuchu, Lai, Shengjie, Zhu, Weiping, Zhang, Zike, Geng, Qibin, Xue, Caoyi, Yang, Weizhong, Wu, Shuyu, Hall, Aron J, Sun, Qiao, Li, Zhongjie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute gastroenteritis
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis
Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections - history
Caliciviridae Infections - virology
Child
Child, Preschool
China - epidemiology
Communicable diseases
Diarrhea
Diarrhea - epidemiology
Diarrhea - history
Diarrhea - virology
Dispatch
Female
Gastroenteritis
Health aspects
History, 21st Century
Humans
Incidence
Incidence of Norovirus-Associated Diarrhea, Shanghai, China, 2012–2013
incidence rate
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infection
Male
Middle Aged
norovirus
Norovirus - classification
Norovirus - genetics
Outpatients
Population Surveillance
viruses
Young Adult
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Summary:We conducted sentinel-based surveillance for norovirus in the Pudong area of Shanghai, China, during 2012-2013, by analyzing 5,324 community surveys, 408,024 medical records, and 771 laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections among 3,877 diarrhea cases. Our analysis indicated an outpatient incidence of 1.5/100 person-years and a community incidence of 8.9/100 person-years for norovirus-associated diarrhea.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2302.161153