Article
Incidence of Medically-Attended Norovirus-Associated Acute Gastroenteritis in Four Veteran's Affairs Medical Center Populations in the United States, 2011-2012.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Grytdal Scott P, Rimland David, Shirley S Hannah, Rodriguez-Barradas Maria C, Goetz Matthew Bidwell, Brown Sheldon T, Lucero-Obusan Cynthia, Holodniy Mark, Graber Christopher, Parashar Umesh, Vinjé Jan, Lopman Ben
Abstract excerpt
An estimated 179 million acute gastroenteritis (AGE) illnesses occur annually in the United States. The role of noroviruses in hospital-related AGE has not been well-documented in the U. S. We estimated the population incidence of community- acquired outpatient and inpatient norovirus AGE encounters, as well as hospital-acquired inpatient norovirus AGE among inpatients at four Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical...
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