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Detection and molecular characterisation of noroviruses in hospitalised children in Malawi, 1997-2007.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2013
Trainor Eamonn, Lopman Ben, Iturriza-Gomara Miren, Dove Winifred, Ngwira Bagrey, Nakagomi Osamu, Nakagomi Toyoko, Parashar Umesh, Cunliffe Nigel
Abstract excerpt
Despite the increasing recognition of noroviruses as major pathogens associated with community-acquired diarrhoea in children, there are few studies from Africa. Long-term surveillance studies of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Malawian children have provided an opportunity to undertake a study of the importance and epidemiological features of norovirus infection in this population. Faecal specimens were collected...
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