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High proportion of norovirus infection and predominance of GII.3 [P12] genotype among the children younger than 5 in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Oct 2021
John Jecelyn Leaslie, Mori Daisuke, Amit Lia Natasha, Mosiun Andau Konodan, Chin Abraham Zefong, Ahmed Kamruddin
Abstract excerpt
Globally, norovirus (NoV) has become one of the important causes of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children. It is responsible for death of children younger than 5 years in developing countries. Although there is limited information and the rate of child mortality caused by diarrhea is low in Malaysia, the burden of diarrhea is high, especially in Sabah. NoV GI, GII and GIV genogroups are known to infect humans,...
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