Sapovirus Infections in an Australian Community-Based Healthy Birth Cohort During the First 2 Years of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sapovirus is an important cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in young children. However, knowledge gaps remain in community settings. We investigated the epidemiology, disease characteristics, and healthcare use associated with sapovirus infections in Australian children during their first 2 years of life.

Methods

Children in the Brisbane-based Observational Research in Childhood Infectious Diseases birth cohort provided daily gastrointestinal symptoms (vomiting/loose stools), weekly stool swabs, and healthcare data until age 2 years. Swabs were batch-tested for sapovirus using real-time polymerase chain reaction assays. Incidence rates and estimates of associations were calculated.

Results

Overall, 158 children returned 11 124 swabs. There were 192 sapov

SUBMITTER: El-Heneidy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10029984 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature