Surveillance and risk factors of norovirus gastroenteritis among children in a southern city of China in the fall-winter seasons of 2003-2006

Aim:  Noroviruses (NoVs) are an important cause of acute gastroenteritis but knowledge on the disease burden and epidemiology in children in the developing countries remains limited. In this study, we performed a surveillance of NoV gastroenteritis in children of China to address some of the questio...

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Published in:Journal of paediatrics and child health 2010-01, Vol.46 (1-2), p.45-50
Main Authors: Dai, Ying-Chun, Xia, Ming, Zhan, Hui-Chun, Liu, Yi, Li, Jian-Dong, Chen, Qing, Yu, Shou-Yi, Nie, Jun, Farkas, Tibor, Jiang, Xi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
calicivirus
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
China - epidemiology
diarrhoea
gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis - etiology
Gastroenteritis - virology
Gastrointestinal diseases
Humans
Hygiene
Norovirus
Norovirus - isolation & purification
Norovirus - pathogenicity
Norwalk virus
Population Surveillance
Questionnaires
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
RT-PCR
Seasons
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population
Viruses
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Summary:Aim:  Noroviruses (NoVs) are an important cause of acute gastroenteritis but knowledge on the disease burden and epidemiology in children in the developing countries remains limited. In this study, we performed a surveillance of NoV gastroenteritis in children of China to address some of the questions. Methods:  Faecal specimens from children (
ISSN:1034-4810
1440-1754
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01616.x