Acute norovirus gastroenteritis in children in a highly rotavirus-vaccinated population in Northeast Brazil

Highlights • Gastroenteritis is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in children. • Noroviruses are a leading cause of sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis. • Norovirus annual detection rates increased over the study period. • The detection of norovirus was hi...

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Published inJournal of clinical virology Vol. 88; pp. 33 - 38
Main Authors Santos, Victor S, Gurgel, Ricardo Q, Cavalcante, Sandra M.M, Kirby, Andrew, Café, Lilian P, Souto, Maria J, Dolabella, Silvio S, de Assis, Matheus R, Fumian, Tulio M, Miagostovich, Marize P, Cunliffe, Nigel A, Cuevas, Luis E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2017
Subjects
Allergy and Immunology
Brazil
Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
Child, Preschool
Children
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diarrhea - epidemiology
Diarrhea - virology
Diarrhoea
Feces - virology
Female
Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis - virology
Genotype
Humans
Infant
Infectious Disease
Male
Norovirus
Norovirus - classification
Norovirus - genetics
Norovirus - isolation & purification
Prevalence
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rotavirus vaccine
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Brazil
diarrhoea
norovirus
children
rotavirus vaccine
Diarrhoea
Rotavirus vaccine
Norovirus
Children
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Summary:Highlights • Gastroenteritis is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in children. • Noroviruses are a leading cause of sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis. • Norovirus annual detection rates increased over the study period. • The detection of norovirus was higher among young children.
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ISSN:1386-6532
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DOI:10.1016/j.jcv.2016.10.015