Incidence of Medically-Attended Norovirus-Associated Acute Gastroenteritis in Four Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center Populations in the United States, 2011-2012

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• Alternative Title:
  PLoS One
• Personal Author:
  Grytdal, Scott P. ; Rimland, David ; Shirley, S. Hannah ; Rodriguez-Barradas, Maria C. ; Goetz, Matthew Bidwell ; Brown, Sheldon T. ; Lucero-Obusan, Cynthia ; Holodniy, Mark ; Graber, Christopher ; Parashar, Umesh ; Vinjé, Jan ; Lopman, Ben
• Description:
  An estimated 179 million acute gastroenteritis (AGE) illnesses occur annually in the United States. The role of noroviruses in hospital-related AGE has not been well-documented in the U. S. We estimated the population incidence of community- acquired outpatient and inpatient norovirus AGE encounters, as well as hospital-acquired inpatient norovirus AGE among inpatients at four Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers (VAMCs). Fifty (4%) of 1,160 stool specimens collected ≤7 days from symptom onset tested positive for norovirus. During a one year period, the estimated incidence of outpatient, community- and hospital-acquired inpatient norovirus AGE was 188 cases, 11 cases, and 54 cases/ 100,000 patients, respectively. This study demonstrates the incidence of outpatient and community- and hospital-acquired inpatient norovirus AGE among the VA population seeking care at these four VAMCs.
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Caliciviridae Infections/epidemiology Caliciviridae Infections/history Caliciviridae Infections/virology Cross Infection Disease Outbreaks Female Gastroenteritis/epidemiology Gastroenteritis/history Gastroenteritis/virology Genotype History, 21st Century Hospitals, Veterans Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Norovirus Young Adult

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• Source:
  PLoS One. 10(5).
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5d66500b07e3e00db59e017e31ba8b389834a507ebf87fd8d362ee1a6051aad3
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31350/cdc_31350_DS1.pdf
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