Article
[Epidemics of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus in Parisian children].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Nov 2010
Lecarpentier T, Benezit A, Marostica A, Brasme J-F, Vallet C, Chalumeau M, Lebon P, Kaplon J, de Rougemont A, Pothier P, Gendrel D
Abstract excerpt
During the months of October and November 2006-2008, norovirus was detected in the stools of 14 children hospitalized with acute diarrhea (no sapovirus). Nine of these noroviruses belonged to a unique GGII4 strain, which produced severe clinical symptoms, present only in 2007 and 2008 and absent in 2006. This strain, identified in Europe mainly in the elderly, seems to be on the rise in children in the Paris area...
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