Incidence and characteristics of sporadic norovirus gastroenteritis associated with hospitalization of children less than 5 years of age in Israel

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 688-690

  Muhsen, Khitam ^a,b   Kassem, Eias ^c   Rubinstein, Uri ^d   Schachter, Yaakov ^d   Kremer, Adi ^c   Goren, Sophy ^a   Zilberstein, Ilana ^e   Ephros, Moshe ^f,g   Cohen, Dani ^a   Shulman, Lester M ^a,e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^f CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotypes; Norovirus; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Sporadic acute gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84879196769     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318287fc81     Document Type: Article

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