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Norovirus gastroenteritis among children in Iraqi Kurdistan

✍ Scribed by Manar Najim Al-Mashhadani; Osamu Nakagomi; Winifred Dove; Herish Ahmed; Toyoko Nakagomi; C. Anthony Hart; Nigel A. Cunliffe

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
112 KB
Volume
80
Category
Article
ISSN
0146-6615

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Of 260 children under age 5 years who were hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Kurdistan, Iraq, between April and May 2005, 78 (30%) tested positive for norovirus by RT‐PCR. These comprised genogroups GI (23%), GII (74%) and GI + GII (3%). Among 28 noroviruses sequenced, GII/4 was the predominant genotype. J. Med. Virol. 80:506–509, 2008. Β© 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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