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SUBMITTER: Grytdal SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4440768 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grytdal Scott P SP Rimland David D Shirley S Hannah SH Rodriguez-Barradas Maria C MC Goetz Matthew Bidwell MB Brown Sheldon T ST Lucero-Obusan Cynthia C Holodniy Mark M Graber Christopher C Parashar Umesh U Vinjé Jan J Lopman Ben B
PloS one 20150521 5
An estimated 179 million acute gastroenteritis (AGE) illnesses occur annually in the United States. The role of noroviruses in hospital-related AGE has not been well-documented in the U. S. We estimated the population incidence of community- acquired outpatient and inpatient norovirus AGE encounters, as well as hospital-acquired inpatient norovirus AGE among inpatients at four Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers (VAMCs). Fifty (4%) of 1,160 stool specimens collected ≤7 days from symptom onset ...[more]