title: Norovirus highly prevalent cause of endemic acute diarrhea in children in the peruvian Amazon.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Pablo Peñataro
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Yori
authors.forename: Kellogg
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nappier
authors.forename: Daniel Velasquez
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Portocarrero
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Maribel Paredes
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Olortegui
authors.forename: Eric R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moe
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: Vita A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Cama
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosek
mesh_terms: 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