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Clinical features and molecular epidemiology of rotavirus and norovirus infections in Libyan children.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2011
Abugalia Mohamed, Cuevas Luis, Kirby Andrew, Dove Winifred, Nakagomi Osamu, Nakagomi Toyoko, Kara Majdi, Gweder Rabia, Smeo Mohamed, Cunliffe Nigel
Abstract excerpt
Rotaviruses and noroviruses are leading viral causes of diarrhoea in children. A cross-sectional study was undertaken among children aged <5 years with acute gastroenteritis at Al-Jala Children's Hospital, Tripoli, Libya, from October 2007 to September 2008. Of 1,090 fecal samples collected, 260 from inpatients and 830 from outpatients, all inpatients and approximately a third of outpatients, selected...
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