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Norovirus Gastroenteritis in a Birth Cohort in Southern India.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Menon Vipin Kumar, George Santosh, Sarkar Rajiv, Giri Sidhartha, Samuel Prasanna, Vivek Rosario, Saravanabavan Anuradha, Liakath Farzana Begum, Ramani Sasirekha, Iturriza-Gomara Miren, Gray James J, Brown David W, Estes Mary K, Kang Gagandeep
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Noroviruses are an important cause of gastroenteritis but little is known about disease and re-infection rates in community settings in Asia. METHODS: Disease, re-infection rates, strain prevalence and genetic susceptibility to noroviruses were investigated in a birth cohort of 373 Indian children followed up for three years. Stool samples from 1856 diarrheal episodes and 147 vomiting only episodes...
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