Norovirus and gastroenteritis in hospitalized children, Italy.
Noroviruses were detected in 48.4% of 192 children (<3 years of age) hospitalized for gastroenteritis in Palermo, Italy, during 2004; predominant genotypes were GGIIb/Hilversum and GGII.4 Hunter. Of children with viral enteritis, 19.6% had a mixed norovirus-rotavirus infection. The severity of infection was lower for norovirus than for rotavirus but increased in co-infection.
Colomba
Claudia
C
Instituto di Patologia Infettiva e Virologia, Università di Palermo, Via del Vespro, Palermo, Italy. claudia.colomba@libero.it
Saporito
Laura
L
Giammanco
Giovanni M
GM
De Grazia
Simona
S
Ramirez
Stefania
S
Arista
Serenella
S
Titone
Lucina
L
D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D029322:Norovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*