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Study data from National Institute of Virology update knowledge of acute gastroenteritis in children

Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, September 11th, 2008

New research, 'Norovirus genotype IIb associated acute gastroenteritis in India,' is the subject of a report. "In India the role of noroviruses in causing gastroenteritis is not well defined. To determine the norovirus prevalence in sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in western India," investigators in Pune, India report.

"A total of 236 fecal specimens consisting 192 specimens from hospitalized and 44 from OPD (outpatient department) children <or=5 years of age were tested for the presence of norovirus genogroup (G)I and GII by RT-PCR followed by sequencing. Multiple alignment and phylogenetic analysis were carried out to determine the norovirus genetic types....

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