Norovirus epidemiology in South African children <5 years hospitalised for diarrhoeal illness between 2009 and 2013

Public health interest in norovirus (NoV) has increased in recent years following improved diagnostics, global burden estimates and the development of NoV vaccine candidates. This study aimed to describe the detection rate, clinical characteristics and environmental features associated with NoV dete...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2017-07, Vol.145 (9), p.1942-1952
Main Authors: PAGE, N. A., GROOM, M. J., NADAN, S., NETSHIKWETA, R., KEDDY, K. H., POONSAMY, B., MOYES, J., WALAZA, S., KAHN, K., MADHI, S. A., TAYLOR, M. B., MANS, J., COHEN, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Assaying
Automation
Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections - virology
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Dehydration
Diarrhea
Diarrhea - epidemiology
Diarrhea - virology
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Estimates
Feces
Gastroenteritis
Health risk assessment
Health sciences
Hospitalization
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Humans
Illnesses
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Infectious diseases
Medical records
Mortality
Norovirus - physiology
Original Papers
Pathogens
Patients
Prospective Studies
Public health
Risk
South Africa - epidemiology
Studies
Surveillance
Transplants & implants
Vaccines
Virology
Viruses
Vomiting
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Summary:Public health interest in norovirus (NoV) has increased in recent years following improved diagnostics, global burden estimates and the development of NoV vaccine candidates. This study aimed to describe the detection rate, clinical characteristics and environmental features associated with NoV detection in hospitalized children
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268817000668