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Norovirus infection in children admitted to hospital for acute gastroenteritis in Belém, Pará, Northern Brazil.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2013
Siqueira Jones Anderson Monteiro, Linhares Alexandre da Costa, de Carvalho Thaís Cristina Nascimento, Aragão Glicélia Cruz, Oliveira Darleise de Souza, Dos Santos Mirleide Cordeiro, de Sousa Maisa Silva, Justino Maria Cleonice Aguiar, Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc Pereira, Gabbay Yvone Benchimol
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses are the leading cause of epidemic, non-bacterial outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis, and are also a major cause of sporadic acute gastroenteritis in infants. The aim of the present study was to identify norovirus infections in children not infected by rotavirus admitted to hospital for acute gastroenteritis in Belém. A total of 348 fecal specimens were obtained from children with diarrhea aged less...
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