Article
Etiology of sporadic cases of pediatric acute gastroenteritis in asturias, Spain, and genotyping and characterization of norovirus strains involved.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2004
Boga José Antonio, Melón Santiago, Nicieza Inés, De Diego Isabel, Villar Mercedes, Parra Francisco, De Oña María
Abstract excerpt
From November 2000 to October 2001, a reverse transcription-PCR using primers directed to the norovirus RNA polymerase coding region was included in a viral and bacterial routine screening to diagnose sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis among children in Asturias, Spain. The role of noroviruses (8.6% of the positively diagnosed cases) as the cause of sporadic pediatric gastroenteritis was evaluated with...
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