TY - JOUR
T1 - Short report
T2 - Norovirus genogroup II gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in south India
AU - Menon, Vipin Kumar
AU - Sarkar, Rajiv
AU - Moses, Prabhakar Devarajan
AU - Agarwal, Indira
AU - Simon, Anna
AU - Kang, Gagandeep
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - The distribution of norovirus (NoV) genogroup II in children < 5 years of age admitted to a south Indian hospital with diarrhea was investigated. Viral RNA extracted from 282 stool samples were screened for NoV GII and positive amplicons sequenced. Twenty-eight (9.9%) had NoV GII infection with a median age of 6 months, with more severe episodes of diarrhea among infected (median Vesikari score 13, interquartile range [IQR] 10-15) than children without infection (median score 10, IQR 8-13, P = 0.002). The study documents NoV GII infections as an important cause of gastroenteritis and the genetic diversity of circulating strains.
AB - The distribution of norovirus (NoV) genogroup II in children < 5 years of age admitted to a south Indian hospital with diarrhea was investigated. Viral RNA extracted from 282 stool samples were screened for NoV GII and positive amplicons sequenced. Twenty-eight (9.9%) had NoV GII infection with a median age of 6 months, with more severe episodes of diarrhea among infected (median Vesikari score 13, interquartile range [IQR] 10-15) than children without infection (median score 10, IQR 8-13, P = 0.002). The study documents NoV GII infections as an important cause of gastroenteritis and the genetic diversity of circulating strains.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0121
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0121
M3 - Article
C2 - 24062476
AN - SCOPUS:84888616937
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 89
SP - 1019
EP - 1022
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -