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SUBMITTER: Menon VK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2937701 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Menon Vipin Kumar VK George Santosh S Ramani Sasirekha S Illiayaraja Jeyaram J Sarkar Rajiv R Jana Atanu Kumar AK Kuruvilla Kurien Anil KA Kang Gagandeep G
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100714 9
Noroviruses (NoVs) are increasingly recognized as an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in children worldwide. However, there are limited data on the role of NoVs in neonatal infections and disease. The objectives of the present study were to determine the prevalence of NoVs in neonates with gastrointestinal disease using a case-control study design and to characterize the NoV strains infecting neonates. A total of 309 fecal samples from 161 neonates with gastrointestinal symptoms and 148 ...[more]