Norovirus and Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children, Europe

Colomba, Claudia; Saporito, Laura; Giammanco, Giovanni M.; De Grazia, Simona; Ramirez, Stefania; Arista, Serenella; Titone, Lucina

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Norovirus and Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children, Europe

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Sep 2007
By Colomba, Claudia ; Saporito, Laura ; Giammanco, Giovanni M. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Colomba, Claudia ; Saporito, Laura ; Giammanco, Giovanni M. ; De Grazia, Simona ; Ramirez, Stefania ; Arista, Serenella ; Titone, Lucina
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Noroviruses were detected in 48.4% of 192 children (<3 years of age) hospitalized for gastroenteritis in Palermo, Europe, during 2004; predominant genotypes were GGIIb/Hilversum and GGII.4 Hunter. Of children with viral enteritis, 19.6% had a mixed norovirus-rotavirus infection. The severity of infection was lower for norovirus than for rotavirus but increased in co-infection.
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Caliciviridae Infections Children Dispatch Enteritis Europe Female Gastroenteritis Genotype Humans Infant Male Mixed Infection Norovirus
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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(9):1389-1391.
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13
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9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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