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Norovirus genotypes in endemic acute gastroenteritis of infants and children in Finland between 1994 and 2007.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Feb 2012
Puustinen L, Blazevic V, Huhti L, Szakal E D, Halkosalo A, Salminen M, Vesikari T
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses are, after rotaviruses, the second most common causative agents of acute gastroenteritis in young children. We studied norovirus genotypes in faecal specimens collected from Finnish children followed-up prospectively in rotavirus vaccine trials. Almost 5000 faecal specimens collected from cases of acute gastroenteritis were examined using reverse transcriptase-PCR. A total of 1172 cases (25% of all...
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