@article{c0c5c4082efa4e8e8a4599897ea8f84a,
title = "Norovirus prevalence in 'pathogen negative' gastroenteritis in children from periurban areas in Lima, Peru",
abstract = "Norovirus was detected in 17.4% of 224 diarrhoeal samples from children younger than 24 months of age in Lima, in whom all common pathogens had been excluded (pathogen negative). Norovirus was identified more frequently in children older than 12 months of age than in younger children (34% vs 8%, P<0.001). Among norovirus-positive samples, genogroup II was the predominant group (92%). Compared with rotavirus, norovirus episodes tended to be of shorter duration and less severe. The role of norovirus as a cause of diarrhoea and the ascertainment of its severity in developing countries needs further confirmation by future epidemiological studies.",
keywords = "Children, Diarrhoea, Gastroenteritis, Norovirus, Peru, Viral genogroup",
author = "Rivera, {Fulton P.} and Ochoa, {Theresa J.} and Joaquim Ruiz and Medina, {Anicia M.} and Lucie Ecker and Erik Mercado and Gil, {Ana I.} and Luis Huicho and Lanata, {Claudio F.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was partially funded by: Agencia Espa{\~n}ola de Cooperaci{\'o}n Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), Spain, Programa de Cooperaci{\'o}n Interuniversitaria e Investigaci{\'o}n Cient{\'i}fica con Iberoam{\'e}rica (D/019499/08 and D/024648/09); Institutional Research Funds from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru (TJO), from Instituto Nacional de Salud del Ni{\~n}o, Peru (L.H.), and from Instituto de Investigaci{\'o}n Nutricional, Peru (CFL); National Institutes of Health, USA, Public Health Service awards 1K01TW007405 (TJO); Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Spain, CP05/0130 (J.R.); and from Sanofipasteur. ",
year = "2011",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.08.009",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
volume = "105",
pages = "734--736",
journal = "Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",
issn = "0035-9203",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "12",
}
