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

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 734-736

  Rivera, Fulton P ^a   Ochoa, Theresa J ^a,b   Ruiz, Joaquim ^c,d   Medina, Anicia M ^a   Ecker, Lucie ^e   Mercado, Erik ^a   Gil, Ana I ^e   Huicho, Luis ^a,f,g   Lanata, Claudio F ^e,h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^h UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhoea; Gastroenteritis; Norovirus; Peru; Viral genogroup

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PERU; ROTAVIRUS; URBAN AREA; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PERU; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 81055157768     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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