title: Differences in Norovirus-Associated Hospital Visits Between Jewish and Bedouin Children in Southern Israel.
abstract: Population-based surveillance during 2006-2013 showed that norovirus hospitalization rates among Bedouin (low-middle income settings) children <5 years old were 13.9/10,000 person-years compared with 7.1/10,000 among Jewish (high-income settings) children who were <5 years (rate ratio: 2.0, 95% confidence interval: 1.6-2.3). Differences were most prominent among infants (59.7 vs. 19.7/10,000, respectively; rate ratio: 3.0, 95% confidence interval: 2.5-3.8). GII.3 and GII.4 strains dominated (67%) in both populations.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and †The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, The Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leshem
authors.forename: Noga
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Givon-Lavi
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vinjé
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gregoricus
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Parashar
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagan
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D029322:Norovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011446:Prospective Studies