Norovirus prevalence in ‘pathogen negative’ gastroenteritis in children from periurban areas in Lima, Peru

Norovirus was detected in 17.4% of 224 diarrhoeal samples from children younger than 24 months of age in Lima, in whom all common pathogens had been excluded (pathogen negative). Norovirus was identified more frequently in children older than 12 months of age than in younger children (34% vs 8%, P&l...

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Main Authors: Rivera, Fulton P., Ochoa, Theresa J., Ruiz, Joaquim, Medina, Anicia M., Ecker, Lucie, Mercado, Erik, Gil, Ana I., Huicho, Luis, Lanata, Claudio F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3215818/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21962615
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.08.009
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