Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Prevalence of noro-viral diarrhea in children less than 5 years of age in Western Maharashtra

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R Mahesh Reddy, Yasmin Muhammed, Safal Muhammed MK

Abstract

With the introduction of Rotavirus vaccination, Norovirus is emerging as important pathogen responsible for viral gastroenteritis in children. Most of the Norovirus outbreaks are under reported as molecular investigations are rarely used in routine clinical practice. This study was conducted to estimate the burden of Noroviral gastroenteritis in children less than 5 years old by using multiplex real time PCR and Norovirus GII was isolated from 17% of cases.

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