Norovirus highly prevalent cause of endemic acute diarrhea in children in the peruvian amazon

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 844-847

  Yori, Pablo Peñataro ^a   Schwab, Kellogg ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a   Nappier, Sharon ^a   Portocarrero, Daniel Velasquez ^b   Black, Robert E ^a   Olortegui, Maribel Paredes ^b   Hall, Eric R ^c   Moe, Christine ^d   Leon, Juan ^e   Cama, Vita A ^e   Kosek, Margaret ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c California   (Peru)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calicivirus; Diarrhea; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCULT BLOOD; PEDIATRICS; PERU; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 70249084572     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a24730     Document Type: Article

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