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Norovirus gastroenteritis among children in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2008
Al-Mashhadani Manar Najim, Nakagomi Osamu, Dove Winifred, Ahmed Herish, Nakagomi Toyoko, Hart C Anthony, Cunliffe Nigel A
Abstract excerpt
Of 260 children under age 5 years who were hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Kurdistan, Iraq, between April and May 2005, 78 (30%) tested positive for norovirus by RT-PCR. These comprised genogroups GI (23%), GII (74%) and GI + GII (3%). Among 28 noroviruses sequenced, GII/4 was the pred...
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