title: [Epidemics of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus in Parisian children].
abstract: During the months of October and November 2006-2008, norovirus was detected in the stools of 14 children hospitalized with acute diarrhea (no sapovirus). Nine of these noroviruses belonged to a unique GGII4 strain, which produced severe clinical symptoms, present only in 2007 and 2008 and absent in 2006. This strain, identified in Europe mainly in the elderly, seems to be on the rise in children in the Paris area over the past few years.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie générale, hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, université Paris-5, 82, avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75674 Paris cedex 14, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lecarpentier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benezit
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marostica
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Brasme
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vallet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chalumeau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lebon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaplon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Rougemont
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pothier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gendrel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies