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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | piv001 |
Pages (from-to) | 337-341 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2016 |
Keywords
- Childhood diarrhea
- Enteropathy
- Gastroenteritis
- Norovirus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine