title: Noroviruses as a cause of traveler's diarrhea among students from the United States visiting Mexico.
abstract: Stool specimens from 124 international travelers with acute diarrhea were tested for the presence of enteropathogens. Noroviruses (NoVs) were the second most commonly identified enteric pathogen in diarrheal stool samples (21/124, 17%), exceeded only by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (50/106, 47%). This study indicates that NoV is an underappreciated cause of traveler's diarrhea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, 28 Yunkeun-Dong, Chongro-Ku, Seoul 110-799, South Korea. gko@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: GwangPyo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Coralith
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Zhi-Dong
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Pablo C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Okhuysen
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belkind-Gerson
authors.forename: Roger I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: Herbert L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: DuPont
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000821:virology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D013334:Students; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States