Norovirus highly prevalent cause of endemic acute diarrhea in children in the peruvian Amazon.
To determine the burden of norovirus infections in children stools from a longitudinal community cohort were evaluated using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Norovirus was detected in 21.3% of diarrheal and 8.0% of nondiarrheal stools (P < 0.01). Norovirus diarrhea was highly associated with age and the odds ratio for norovirus diarrhea fell by 2.8% per month (OR = 0.97, 95% CI: 0.95-0.99). Norovirus seems to be an important etiology of community acquired diarrhea in this study population.
Yori
Pablo Peñataro
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Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Schwab
Kellogg
K
Gilman
Robert H
RH
Nappier
Sharon
S
Portocarrero
Daniel Velasquez
DV
Black
Robert E
RE
Olortegui
Maribel Paredes
MP
Hall
Eric R
ER
Moe
Christine
C
Leon
Juan
J
Cama
Vita A
VA
Kosek
Margaret
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D000367:Age Factors; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D029322:Norovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence