The Initial Timing and Burden of Viral Gastrointestinal Infections in Australian Infants: A Birth Cohort Study
The timing and nature of initial infections by potentially vaccine-preventable gastrointestinal viruses (group-F adenoviruses, classic human astrovirus, norovirus I/II, and sapovirus I/II/IV/V) was investigated in a community-based birth cohort. Weekly stool samples were collected from 158 children aged 24 months for the remaining viruses. Norovirus II and sapovirus were most often associated with acute gastroenteritis symptoms (57% and 44%, respectively). Overall, healthcare was sought for 45% of symptomatic initial infections, which varied between 17% for norovirus I to 55% for norovirus II. Age at initial infection wa...
Source: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - February 1, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Short Communications: Gastroenterology Source Type: research
Determining the Prevalence of Norovirus Infection in Diarrheal Patients and Evaluation of Different Diagnostic Methods
In this study it was aimed to determine the prevalence of norovirus and other gastroenteritis causative viruses in diarrheal patients and determine the sensitivity and specificity rates of EIA and ICG methods in sporadic cases by the chosen gold standard molecular reference method real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). In this study, 184 stool samples that met the study criteria and sent to İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine Medical Microbiology Laboratory for routine bacteriological culture between January-July 2018 were included. All samples were evaluated with diagnostic kit...
Source: Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni - January 28, 2022 Category: Microbiology Authors: Cihan Ye şiloğlu Betig ül Öngen Source Type: research
