Title
High prevalence and increased severity of norovirus mixed infections among children 12-24 months of age living in the suburban areas of Lima, Peru
Date Issued
01 September 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Investigación Médica Naval de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
Investigación Médica Naval de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
In an active diarrhea surveillance study of children aged 12-24 months in Lima, Peru, norovirus was the most common pathogen identified. The percentage of mixed (bacterial and noroviral) infections was significantly higher among norovirus-positive samples (53%) than among norovirus-negative samples (12%). The combination of norovirus with the most common bacterial pathogens was associated with increased clinical severity over that of either single-pathogen norovirus or single-pathogen bacterial infections.
Start page
337
End page
341
Volume
5
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Ciencias médicas, Ciencias de la salud
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84995639932
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
ISSN of the container
20487193
Sponsor(s)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - R01HD051716
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus