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Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of noroviruses detected in outbreak and sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in Bulgaria.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2008
Mladenova Zornitsa, Korsun Neli, Geonova Tsvetelina, Di Bartolo Ilaria, Fiore Lucia, Ruggeri Franco Maria
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses constitute a genetically diverse group of viruses in the Caliciviridae family, and are recognized as an important cause of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. To date there are no data on the incidence of noroviruses as a cause of gastroenteritis in Bulgaria. Fecal samples from an outbreak, and sporadic cases of diarrhea that occurred between December 2006 and April 2007 were tested for the...
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