Norovirus Infections and Disease in Lower-MiddleandLow-Income Countries, 1997⁻2018.

ABSTRACT: Noroviruses are a major cause of viral gastroenteritis. The burden of the norovirus in lowresourcesettings is not well-established due to limited data. This study reviews the norovirusprevalence, epidemiology, and genotype diversity in lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) andin low-income countries (LIC). PubMed was searched up to 14 January 2019 for norovirus studiesfrom all LIC and LMIC (World Bank Classification). Studies that tested gastroenteritis cases and/orasymptomatic controls for norovirus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)were included. Sixty-four studies, the majority on children <5 years of age, were identified, and 14%(95% confidence interval; CI 14-15, 5158/36,288) of the gastroenteritis patients and 8% (95% CI 7-9,423/5310) of healthy controls teste

SUBMITTER: Mans J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6521228 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature