Article
Epidemiological characteristics of norovirus associated with sporadic gastroenteritis among children from the 2006/2007 to 2011/2012 season in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2014
Yoneda Masaki, Okayama Akiko, Kitahori Yoshiteru
Abstract excerpt
The present study aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of norovirus (NoV) associated with sporadic gastroenteritis in regional populations of Nara Prefecture, Japan, from the 2006/2007 to 2011/2012 epidemic season. Fecal specimens of sporadic gastroenteritis collected between September 2006 and August 2012 in Nara Prefecture were examined for the presence of NoV by reverse...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Caliciviridae Infections
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Feces
- Female
- Gastroenteritis
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Japan
