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Prevalence and genetic characterization of noroviruses in children with acute gastroenteritis in Senegal, 2007-2010.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2022
Kebe Ousmane, Fernandez-Garcia Maria-Dolores, Zinsou Boris-Enock, Diop Amadou, Fall Amary, Ndiaye Ndack, Vinjé Jan, Ndiaye Kader
Abstract excerpt
Norovirus is the leading cause of sporadic and epidemic acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children and adults around the world. We investigated the molecular diversity of noroviruses in a pediatric population in Senegal between 2007 and 2010 before the rotavirus vaccine implementation. Stool samples were collected from 599 children under 5 years of age consulting for AGE in a hospital in Dakar. Specimens were...
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