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Virological and Epidemiological Features of Norovirus Infections in Brazil, 2017-2018.
Viruses - 30 Aug 2021
Sarmento Sylvia Kahwage, de Andrade Juliana da Silva Ribeiro, Miagostovich Marize Pereira, Fumian Tulio Machado
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses are considered an important cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) across all age groups. Here, we investigated the incidence of norovirus, genotypes circulation, and norovirus shedding in AGE stool samples from outpatients in Brazil. During a two-year period, 1546 AGE stool samples from ten Brazilian states were analyzed by RT-qPCR to detect and quantify GI and GII noroviruses. Positive samples were...
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