Tony Hooper, Andrew Robson, Amanda Andrews, Gabriele Marcotti, Alexi Mostrous, David Brown, Paul Russenberger, Zahid Hussain, Gary Duncan, Simon Barnes, Robert Lindsay, Richard Hobson, David Rose, G. B. Cable, Philip Howard, David Chater, James Bone, James Ducker, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Lucia Van Der Post, Carl Mortished, Patrick Kidd, Bob Stanley, Will Pavia, David Wooden, Sam Marlowe, Geoff Brown, Gerald Davies, Joe Joseph, Robin Pagnamenta, George MacDonald Fraser, Ben Webster Transport Correspondent, Jane MacArtney China Correspondent, Rob Crilly, Siobhan Kennedy, Gabby Logan, Michael Harrison, Charlie Flindt, Ruth Gledhill, Debra Craine, Gary Jacob, Melanie Reid, Tim Reid, Rosemary Bennett, Angela Jameson Industrial Correspondent, Mark Longden, Dan Sabbagh, W. M. Nichols, Chris Riley, Phoebe Greenwood, Richard Ford Home Correspondent, Tom Gatti, Alan Hamilton, Robin Pittman, David Hands, Adam Sherwin Media Correspondent, Tim Teeman, Susan Thompson, Hugo Rifkind, Derwent May, Angela Jameson, John Trott, Gordon Tyerman, Russell Kempson, Suzy Jagger, Gary Duncan Economics Editor, Oliver Kay, Gerard Baker, Ross Clark, Sarah Vine, Neil Harman, Tom Baldwin, Ben Quinn, Sam Coates, Pete Paphides, Simon de Bruxelles, Sheera Frenkel, Rob Wright, John Hopkins Golf Correspondent, Geoffrey Dean, Gb, Emma Pomfret, Bernard Lagan, Lesley Parish, Martin Samuel, Raymond Keene, Vaughan Freeman, Matt Hughes, Richard Lloyd Parry Asia Editor, Nigel Hawkes, Justin Bedford, Jeremy Page, Cllr Merrick Cockell, Chris Campling, Fran Yeoman, Patrick Hosking, Helen Nugent, Richard Owen, Lindsey Bareham, Christopher Martin-Jenkins Chief Cricket Correspondent, Mick Hume, Tony Deighton, Nick Hasell, Will Hodgkinson, Adrian Dwyer, Owen Slot Chief Sports Reporter, David Hands Rugby Correspondent, Julian Muscat, Paul Simons, Adam Fresco, Steve Jelbert, Yigal Schleifer, Anne Ashworth, Dearbáil Jordan, Janet Foxley, Jonathan Clayton, Inayat Bunglawala, Steve Hawkes, Robin Kempster, Jane Shilling, Thomas Catán, Dominic Maxwell, Philip Roe, George Caulkin, Neil Fisher, Ben MacIntyre, Richard Beeston Diplomatic Editor, David Sanderson, David Sinclair, Martin Waller, Lewis Smith Environment Reporter, James Jackson, Nigel Hawkes Health Editor, Ashling O'Connor, Benedict Nightingale, Stuart Birch, Judith Heywood Deputy Property Editor, Stephen Dalton, Richard Morrison, James Christopher, Adam Sherwin, Michael Evans, Patricia Page, Olav Bjortomt, David Robertson, Richard Ford, Elizabeth Judge Telecoms Correspondent,
... Minister for the … Revealed PC World Spread of norovirus leads to the closure of 56 wards Police ...
2008 - Gale Group | TDA
Jin Xu, Yi Yang, Jiae Sun, Yunzhen Ding,
Norovirus is one of the major causes of outbreaks and sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in young ... important for developing and evaluating prevention strategies of norovirus transmission in children. The age, seasonal distribution and circulating genotypes of norovirus in Shanghai, China, between 2001 and 2005 were ... selected at random for genotyping, and 45 were norovirus-positive. Norovirus infection was detected in all age groups, but ... months old showed the lowest prevalence (5.4%). Norovirus infections peaked from August to November. Among the ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2009 - Wiley | Journal of Medical Virology
Giles Smith, Andrew Robson, Amanda Andrews, Bryan Reuben Professor Emeritus of Chemical Technology, Andrew Billen, David Brown, Ian Gilmore President, David Reid, Frances Gibb Legal Editor, David Aaronovitch, Simon Barnes, Robert Lindsay, Neil Douglas President, Linda Tsang, Philip Howard, Carol Midgley, Hilary Finch, Christine Seib, John Bird, David Chater, Ben Hoyle Arts Reporter, Bernard Ribeiro President, Will Pavia, Sam Marlowe, Dr Julia Mundy, Tristram Hunt, Kevin Eason, Martin Samuel Chief Football Correspondent, Joe Joseph, Robin Pagnamenta, Bill Collett, Jane MacArtney, Hilary Rose, Siobhan Kennedy, Tom Bawden, Steve Bird, Rory Watson, Gary Jacob, Dr Patrick J. R. Harkin, Tim Reid, Jennifer Taylor, Dalya Alberge Arts Correspondent, Libby Purves, Richard Ford Home Correspondent, Alan Hamilton, John Prime, Dr Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley, John Earle, Anthony G. Phillips, Richard Lloyd Parry, Martin Fisher, Tom Nicholson, David Pannick, QC, Greg Hurst, Susan Thompson, Hugo Rifkind, Derwent May, Alan Burnett, Simon Midgley, Edward Fennell, Gary Duncan Economics Editor, Oliver Kay, Gerard Baker, Roger Croston, Judith Hulf President, Mark Henderson Science Editor, Tom Baldwin, James Rossiter, Jill Sherman Whitehall Editor, Ann Treneman, Simon de Bruxelles, Rob Wright, Geoffrey Dean, John Williams, Neil Harman Tennis Correspondent, Dorothy Dalton, Raymond Keene, Adam Sage, Matthew Pryor, Matt Dickinson, Matt Hughes, Anthony Gee, David France, Christine Buckley Industrial Editor, Nigel Hawkes, Gwendoline Davies, Wendy Young, Chris Campling, Bronwen Maddox, Adam Fresco Crime Correspondent, Jill Sherman, Patrick Hosking, Damian Whitworth, Marcus Leroux, Mick Hume, Andy Powell Chief executive, Roger Boyes, Francesca Steele, Francis Elliott Deputy Political Editor, Nick Hasell, Owen Slot Chief Sports Reporter, Charles Payne, David Hands Rugby Correspondent, Paul Simons, Michael Herman, Dearbáil Jordan, Jonathan Clayton, Steve Hawkes, Matthew Parris, Thomas Catan, Frank Greaney, Sonia Verma, George Caulkin, Caitlin Moran, Chris Ronnie, Alan Lee, Neil Fisher, Peter Riddell, Michael Gove, Rajeev Syal, Alan Seeley, Philip Webster, David Sanderson, David Sinclair, Catherine Philp, Chris Ayres, Lewis Smith Environment Reporter, James Jackson, Ashling O'Connor, Stephen Cragg, Stephen Dalton, Richard Leigh, Richard Morrison, Frances Gibb, Tony Halpin, Gilly Hendry, Olav Bjortomt, Mary Johnson, Richard Ford, Michael Brown, Nick Meo, Lisa Verrico,
... books Alliance Leicester 'Eleanor Rigby' finds her mourners Norovirus epidemic exposed as myth Melody makes a comeback ...
2008 - Gale Group | TDA
Tomoko Yoda, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Kenji Yamazaki, Naomi Sakon, Masashi Kanki, Tetsuo Kase, Kazuo Takahashi, Kiyoshi Inoue,
Abstract Norovirus is a major etiologic agent in worldwide outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with food as well as person‐to‐person transmission. The ubiquitous nature of Norovirus necessitates simple and rapid detection methods with high ... mediated isothermal amplification (RT‐LAMP) kits for detecting Norovirus genogroups I (GI) and II (GII). In previous studies, the conventional Loopamp kit for Norovirus GII showed a relatively high detection rate, while that for Norovirus GI showed a relatively low detection rate. In ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Immunology Research
2009 - Wiley | Journal of Medical Virology
Gráinne Gilmore, Andrew Robson, Amanda Andrews, Alexi Mostrous, Andrew Billen, David Brown, E. G. Brisley, Alexandra Frean, Gary Duncan, Magnus Linklater, Michael Bond, Peter Lansley, Robert Lindsay, James Rossiter Property Correspondent, Mark Souster, Peter Mahaffey, Frcs, Alexandra Frean Education Editor, Meg Atkins, Philip Howard, Christine Seib, David Chater, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Clive Davis, Brendan Donnelly, Anne Gatti, Elizabeth Judge, Lorna Hadley, Rosalind Renshaw, Gabrielle Starkey, Carl Mortished, Kevin Eason, Martin Samuel Chief Football Correspondent, Joe Joseph, Ben Webster Transport Correspondent, Rob Crilly, Donald Hutera, Siobhan Kennedy, Francis Elliott, Edward Green, Tom Bawden, Steve Bird, Dan Sabbagh Media Editor, Debra Craine, Peter Rossdale, Daniel Finkelstein, Tim Reid, Slaven Bilic, Nicholas Blanford, Alan Hamilton, David Sharrock Ireland Correspondent, Simon Brett, Helen Woodman, Ian Grant, Adam Sherwin Media Correspondent, Greg Hurst, David Charter, Hugo Rifkind, Derwent May, Granville Powell, Russell Kempson, Alexander Smith, Gary Duncan Economics Editor, Oliver Kay, David Morel, David Lister, John Westerby, Neil Harman, Rick Broadbent, Tom Baldwin, Jill Sherman Whitehall Editor, Sam Coates, Juliet Lyon, Ann Treneman, Simon de Bruxelles, Rob Wright, Adriaan H. W. Goldberg, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Neil Harman Tennis Correspondent, Martin Samuel, Raymond Keene, Matt Hughes, Nigel Hawkes, Jeremy Page, Chris Campling, Bronwen Maddox, Patrick Hosking, Francesca Steele, Nick Hasell, Owen Slot Chief Sports Reporter, David Hands Rugby Correspondent, Rosemary Bennett Social Affairs Correspondent, Neil Jones, Paul Simons, Nick Szczepanik, Joanna Pitman, R. G. Green, Steve Hawkes, George Caulkin, Sonia Verma, Colin Greensmith, Russell Jenkins, Peter Riddell, Des MacHale, Dermot Murnaghan, Philip Webster, Donatella Versace, Catherine Philp, Chris Ayres, Lewis Smith Environment Reporter, Patrick Foster, Nigel Hawkes Health Editor, Benedict Nightingale, Lydia Hislop, Rick Broadbent Athletics Correspondent, Stephen Dalton, Nicola Woolcock, Leo Lewis, Richard Morrison, Frances Gibb, Alice Miles, Gabriele Marcotti European Football Correspondent, Gordon Corera, Dr George Cook, Olav Bjortomt, Nicola Copping, Nick Meo, Colonel Mike Gaffney, Virginia Matthews,
... beyond the pale Thunderer: A sickening fuss over norovirus Family doctors' role Time to go, Mr Hain ...
2008 - Gale Group | TDA
Shih‐Yen Chen, Chi‐Neu Tsai, Ming‐Wei Lai, Chih‐Yen Chen, Kuang‐Lin Lin, Tzou‐Yien Lin, Cheng‐Hsun Chiu,
Norovirus and rotavirus cause outbreaks of diarrheal disease worldwide. This prospective observational study was undertaken to investigate ... focus on convulsive disorders, of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus and rotavirus in hospitalized pediatric patients in northern ... 2007 were enrolled in the study. Rotavirus and norovirus were detected by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction ... convulsions, of acute gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus and norovirus were reviewed and compared. The occurrence of convulsions ...
Tópico(s): Animal Virus Infections Studies
2009 - Oxford University Press | Clinical Infectious Diseases
Giles Smith, Andrew Robson, Amanda Andrews, Alexi Mostrous, Anthony Burgess, Rupert Mellor, David Brown, Frances Gibb Legal Editor, Gary Duncan, Simon Barnes, Amanda Ursell, Jane MacQuitty, Nik Kalinowski, Chris Ancliff, Robert Lindsay, Paul Hoggart, Phoebe Dickerson, Mark Frary, Richard Hobson, Ivo Tennant, Clare Lazaro, Sarah Urwin Jones, Alexandra Frean Education Editor, Tony Turnbull, Michael Evans Defence Editor, Emma Cook, Philip Howard, Julia Brookes, Carol Midgley, Geoffrey Holroyde, Anthony Horowitz, Ben Hoyle Arts Reporter, Kate Wighton, Ian Morrison, James Bone, James Ducker, Murad Ahmed, Melissa Katsoulis, Clive Davis, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Sandra Boynton, Gabrielle Starkey, Lucia Van Der Post, Carl Mortished, Jane Taylor-Hayhurst, Graham Stewart, Will Pavia, Lee Wilkinson, John Bungey, Mary Cheesewright, Martin Samuel Chief Football Correspondent, Chris Sullivan, Giles Coren, Robin Pagnamenta, Rosie Millard, Caroline Hendrie, Andy Riley, Sathnam Sanghera, Martin Fletcher, Ben Webster Transport Correspondent, Nancy Durrant, Henry Wickham Headmaster, John Clarke, Rob Crilly, Rob Cassy, Donald Hutera, B. Bryan, Siobhan Kennedy, Philip Larkin, Canon Donald Gray, Debra Craine, Gary Jacob, Allan Simmons, Melanie Reid, Tim Reid, John Dew, Daniel Finkelstein, Sarah Dempster, Chris Riley, Tom Gatti, Sophie Michell, Jo Morris, Nicholas Blanford, Alan Hamilton, Helen Monks, Nicholas Roe, John Newman, Phoebe Greenwood, Jennifer Cox, D. H. Wagner, Keith Pike, Andrew Ellson Personal Finance Editor, Tina Gaudoin, Brian Noton, David Hands, Ian Fleming, Charles Bremner, Jonathan Richards, Adam Sherwin Media Correspondent, Helen Rumbelow, Ben MacHell, Jonathan Sacks, Lucy Sweeney, Tim Teeman, Susan Thompson, Hugo Rifkind, Derwent May, James Mottram, Angela Jameson, Kate Muir, Aggie MacKenzie, Russell Kempson, Richard Fleury, Barbara Eaton, Ed Potton, Suzy Jagger, Michael Barone, Gary Duncan Economics Editor, Oliver Kay, Stephen Anderton, Sarah Vine, Mark Atherton, Angus Donald, Mark Henderson Science Editor, John Westerby, Neil Harman, Lisa Armstrong, Jane Wheatley, Tom Baldwin, Martyn Palmer, Pete Paphides, Sally Baker, Jane Knight Deputy Travel Editor, David Baddiel, Simon de Bruxelles, John Hopkins Golf Correspondent, Rob Wright, Eloise Midgen, Geoffrey Dean, David Watts, Natalie Haynes, Neil Harman Tennis Correspondent, Raymond Keene, Anthony Baden Baker, Suzi Godson, Matt Hughes, Gordon Ramsay, Stephen Hoggart, Hazel R. Morgan, Roger Phillips, Amy Lamé, J. K. Rowling, Rick Jones, Chris Campling, Fran Yeoman, Adam Fresco Crime Correspondent, Hilly Janes, Rosemary Conley, Helen Nugent, Richard Owen, Christopher Martin-Jenkins Chief Cricket Correspondent, Erica Wagner, Roger Boyes, James Charles, Vinnie Lee, Thomasina Miers, Jonathan Moles, David Hands Rugby Correspondent, Tom Dart, Rosemary Bennett Social Affairs Correspondent, Julian Muscat, Paul Simons, David Crick, A. S. Byatt, Kevin Maher, Steve Jelbert, Nigel Kendall, Gerard Baker US Editor, Joanna Pitman, Jo Rees, Giles Whittell, Jonathan Clayton, Richard Ehrlich, Robert Crampton, Steve Hawkes, Michele Kirsch, Harriet Addison, Dominic Maxwell, Roderick Strange, Matthew Parris, George Caulkin, Tim Wapshott, Caitlin Moran, Sheila Keating, Alan Lee, Neil Fisher, Tony Dawe, Jane Dunford, Ben Webster, David Hutcheon, David Sanderson, John Naish, Bojan Pancevski, Annabelle Thorpe, Minty Clinch, Mark Henderson, Martin Waller, Kate Quill, Nigel Hawkes Health Editor, Lenny Henry, Anna Shepard, Benedict Nightingale, Louise Cohen, Brian Logan, Paul Larter, Rick Broadbent Athletics Correspondent, Dr Thomas Stuttaford, J. R. R. Tolkien, Stephen Dalton, Nicola Woolcock, Richard Morrison, Tom Chesshyre, Tony Halpin, Robert Cole Personal Investor, James Christopher, Liz Whittle, Simon Crompton, Judith Heywood, Alan Jackson, Matt Roberts, Rosemary Behan, Will Hide, Miles Costello, William Golding, Daphne Lockyer, Rob Knell, Lord Smith,
... 100 hospital wards close to contain spread of norovirus Sickness bug Holiday Inn Locked doors An epidemic ...
2008 - Gale Group | TDA
Carolina Gutiérrez‐Junquera, Caridad Sainz de Baranda, O. García Mialdea, Elena Serrano, Alicia Sánchez-Fauquier,
The importance of norovirus as a cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks is well documented, but the role of norovirus in sporadic acute severe gastroenteritis is not so ... to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of norovirus gastroenteritis among hospitalized children.A prospective study was ... reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for rotavirus, astrovirus, norovirus, and sapovirus and by immunochromatographic method for enteric adenoviruses.Norovirus was the second most frequent pathogen after rotavirus, ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2009 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Gráinne Gilmore, Andrew Robson, Giles Smith, Thomas Catán Madrid Correspondent, David Wighton, Alexi Mostrous, CLLR Steve Reed Leader, Alexandra Frean, Alex Severi, Zahid Hussain, Simon Barnes, Robin Pagnamenta Energy and Environment Editor, Neil Rose, Paul Hoggart, David Rose, Alexandra Frean Education Editor, Alex Wade, Philip Howard, Kevin O'Flynn, Christine Seib, James Bone, James Ducker, Nigel Harris, Carol Sarler, CLLR Jamie Carswell Lead member, Sam Marlowe, Jeremy Whittle, Laurence Howland, Geoff Brown, Lucy Bannerman, Martin Samuel Chief Football Correspondent, Robin Pagnamenta, Chris Lambert, Jane MacArtney, Peter Kilfoyle, MP, Dominic Walsh, Dan Sabbagh Media Editor, Mark Jones, CLLR Sir Richard Leese Leader, Peter Stiff, Tim Reid, Nico Hines, Anatole Kaletsky, Charles Bremner, Ron Lewis, Tim Teeman, Lilly Peel, Leah Wallach, Jessica Ennis, Russell Kempson, Suzy Jagger, Gary Duncan Economics Editor, Oliver Kay, Rick Broadbent, James Hider Middle East Correspondent, Michael Kirkham, David Robertson Business Correspondent, Rob Wright, George H. Kinder, Martin Samuel, Raymond Keene, Chris Leslie Director, Matt Hughes, Alan W. Holmes, Kaveh Solhekol, Jeremy Page, Jill Sherman, Helen Nugent, Calvin Shulman, Nick Hasell, Owen Slot Chief Sports Reporter, Tom Dart, Kevin Maher, Paul Simons, Andrew Adonis, Malcolm Wilkins, Philip Webster Political Editor, Philip Toscano, Steve Hawkes, Kevin Eason Sports News Correspondent, Craig Lord, Dominic Maxwell, George Caulkin, Neil Fisher, Mike Atherton, Jan Levinson, Joe Clay, Jill Johnstone Director, David Sanderson, Jamie Whyte, Mark Henderson, Sean Connery, Max Drummey, Valentine Low, Carl Mortished World Business Editor, Ashling O'Connor, Rick Broadbent Athletics Correspondent, Stephen Dalton, Nicola Woolcock, Leo Lewis, Bill Edgar, Tony Halpin, CLLR Gerald Vernon-Jackson Leader, James Christopher, Adam Sherwin, Mike Harvey Technology Correspondent, Michael Evans, CLLR Helen Holland Leader, Jules Pipe Mayor, Ben Robson, Chris Smyth, Alan Lee Racing Correspondent, Thom Dyke, Olav Bjortomt, John Slinger, David Robertson,
... our national finances Timesonline Wet weather blamed for norovirus outbreak Treasure hunter makes a diamond discovery Tesco ...
2008 - Gale Group | TDA
Anna D. LoBue, Joseph M. Thompson, Lisa C. Lindesmith, Robert E. Johnston, Ralph S. Baric,
The development of an effective norovirus vaccine likely requires the capacity to protect against infection with multiple norovirus strains. Advanced recombinant genetic systems and the recent discovery of a mouse-tropic norovirus strain (MNV) provide robust model systems for vaccine efficacy studies. We coadministered multivalent norovirus-like particle (VLP) vaccines with alphavirus adjuvant particles ... humoral and protective immunity to human and murine norovirus strains. Multivalent VLP vaccines induced robust receptor-blocking ...
Tópico(s): Animal Virus Infections Studies
2009 - American Society for Microbiology | Journal of Virology
Miguel L. O’Ryan, Yalda Lucero, Valeria Prado, Marı́a Elena Santolaya, Marcela Rabello, Yanahara Solis, Daniela Berríos, Miguel A O’Ryan-Soriano, Héctor Cortés, Nora Mamaní,
Rotavirus and more recently norovirus have been recognized as 2 of the most common causes of acute diarrhea in children. Comparative analysis of these infections ... evaluated monthly for asymptomatic excretion of rotavirus and norovirus and during acute diarrhea episodes (ADE) for rotavirus, norovirus, and bacterial enteropathogens. Severity of ADE is evaluated ... mean of 15.7 months. Asymptomatic rotavirus and norovirus infections were detected in 1.3% and 8% ... 13 to 18 month age group. Rotavirus and norovirus were detected in 15% and 18% of 145 ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
2009 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Amei Ludwig, Ortwin Adams, H.‐J. Laws, Horst Schroten, Tobias Tenenbaum,
Abstract Although chronic courses of norovirus infection have been described in immunocompromised patients, little is known about noroviral shedding and correlation with clinical symptoms in these patients. In this report, the quantitative courses of norovirus excretion in nine pediatric patients with hematologic and ... shedding. Vomiting and diarrhea were associated with high norovirus concentrations and norovirus excretion declined slowly in the patients. Retrospectively, initial PCR‐testing for norovirus was performed with a median of 7 days ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2008 - Wiley | Journal of Medical Virology
Noriko Onishi, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Ayumi Matsumoto, Takashi Imamura, Masahiko Katayose, Yukihiko Kawasaki, Osamu Hashimoto, Akio Hayashi, Hiroaki Ishiko, Hitoshi Suzuki,
... paper was to investigate the molecular epidemiology of norovirus gastroenteritis in Japan using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ... examined on reverse transcription (RT)-PCR to detect norovirus genome. The nucleotide sequences of the PCR products were determined and phylogenetic analysis performed.The norovirus genome was detected in 66 samples. The peak season of norovirus gastroenteritis was from November 2001 to February 2002 and from September 2002 to December 2002. Norovirus gastroenteritis occurred most frequently in 1-year-old ...
Tópico(s): Respiratory viral infections research
2008 - Wiley | Pediatrics International
Irena Narkevičiūtė, Indre Tamusauskaite,
Objectives: To investigate the features of norovirus infection in hospitalised children under the age of 3 and to compare the results with those of rotavirus infection. Patients and Methods: ... were randomly selected and retrospectively analysed for 70 norovirus- and 70 rotavirus-infected children. All of the ... Vilnius University Children's Hospital in 2005. The norovirus antigen was assayed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ... using immunochromatography diagnostic assay. Results: In young children, norovirus infection manifested as vomiting (94% of all cases), ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2008 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Hans Köhler, Jörg Jüngert, Klaus Korn,
... we recently thought to observe an outbreak of norovirus infections. A father of a hospitalised preterm baby ... an acute diarrheal illness and tested positive for norovirus in the stool. The families of the patients ... sharing a room with the baby of the norovirus-infected father, developed acute watery diarrhea. Two of ... incubated babies in the room tested positive for norovirus antigen in the stool by an enzyme-linked ... babies hospitalised in the NICU were tested for norovirus antigen in the stool. A total of 25 ...
Tópico(s): Respiratory viral infections research
2008 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Elise Tu, Rowena A. Bull, Gail E. Greening, Joanne Hewitt, Michael J. Lyon, John Marshall, C. J. McIver, William D. Rawlinson, Peter A. White,
Background.Acute gastroenteritis is commonly associated with norovirus genogroup II (GII) infection. Norovirus GII has 17 classified genotypes (GII.1–GII.17), but only 1 norovirus genotype (GII.4) is associated with global epidemics of gastroenteritis. In 2006, an increase in global norovirus activity was observed. Methods.During the period from ... with acute gastroenteritis from Australia and New Zealand. Norovirus RNA was amplified and sequenced to determine norovirus genotype and relatedness to known epidemic norovirus GII. ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Immunology Research
2008 - Oxford University Press | Clinical Infectious Diseases
Anna D. LoBue, Lisa C. Lindesmith, Ralph S. Baric,
... responses and the components of protective immunity following norovirus infection in humans are poorly understood. Although antibody responses following norovirus infection have been partially characterized, T cell responses ... to be essential for viral clearance of mouse norovirus (MNV) infection. In this paper, we demonstrate that ... VLPs) after MNV infection, supporting earlier reports for norovirus-infected mice and humans. Utilizing this model, we ... to evaluate T cell epitopes shared between human norovirus strains. Stimulation of splenocytes from norovirus VRP-immunized ...
Tópico(s): Animal Virus Infections Studies
2010 - American Society for Microbiology | Journal of Virology
Miguel L. O’Ryan, Alfredo Peña, Rodrigo Vergara, Janepsy Díaz, Nora Mamaní, Héctor Cortés, Yalda Lucero, Roberto Vidal, Gonzalo Osorío, Marı́a Elena Santolaya, Germán Hermosilla, Valeria J. Prado,
... of age. Comparing epidemiologic and clinical features of norovirus to rotavirus ADE will aid in the decision-making process required to develop norovirus vaccines. Methods: Surveillance for ADE occurring in children ≤ ... chain reaction. For ED and hospital rotavirus and norovirus ADE parents were instructed to monitor clinical findings ... 75% interquartile interval of children with rotavirus and norovirus ADE were remarkably similar, 15.6 months (9– ... followed 2 to 3 months later by the norovirus peak. The mean (interquartile) for the Vesikari score ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Immunology Research
2010 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Xiaoli Pang, Jutta K. Preiksaitis, Sallene Wong, Vincent Li, Bonita E. Lee,
Background Norovirus GII.4 is the predominant genotype circulating worldwide over the last decade causing 80% of all norovirus outbreaks with new GII.4 variants reported in parallel with periodic epidemic waves of norovirus outbreaks. The circulating new GII.4 variants and the epidemiology of norovirus outbreaks in Alberta, Canada have not been described. Our hypothesis is that the periodic epidemic norovirus outbreak activity in Alberta was driven by new ... Findings The Alberta Provincial Public Health Laboratory performed norovirus testing using RT-PCR for suspected norovirus outbreaks ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2010 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Shuyan Yang, Kao‐Pin Hwang, Fang‐Tzy Wu, Ho-Sheng Wu, Chao A. Hsiung, Wan-Chi Chang, Jen-Shiou Lin, Shun‐Cheng Yang, Sun-Lin Huang, Yhu‐Chering Huang,
... conducted a study to investigate the incidence of norovirus in young children hospitalized with acute diarrhea in ... collected and tested for presence of rotavirus and norovirus by enzyme immunoassay and reverse transcription-polymerase chain ... a male proportion of 56.0%. Rotavirus and norovirus was detected in 20.2% and 14.6% ... respectively. Genogroup II was the predominant strain of norovirus (80.6%). Children aged 6-36 months accounted ... the majority of patients positive for rotavirus and norovirus (73.0% and 81.3%, respectively). The incidences ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Immunology Research
2010 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection
Li-Chu Yang, Ping-Cherng Chiang, Tzu‐Hsin Huang, Su-Fen Chi, Yueh-Pi Chiu, Chun-Sui Lin, Yen-Fang Chou, Su-Chu Hsu, Xiu-Se Zhang, Chung‐Guei Huang,
To study norovirus gastroenteritis infection among residents and health care workers (HCWs) during an outbreak in a nursing home by investigating the attack rate and positive diagnostic rate for norovirus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). ... of symptomatic residents and HCWs were tested for norovirus by RT-PCR. In addition, routine stool analysis ... asymptomatic residents and HCWs were tested only for norovirus by RT-PCR.The outbreak was controlled within ... cases, 41 residents and 10 HCWs, during the norovirus outbreak. The odds ratio (OR) of the attack ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2010 - Elsevier BV | Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Kirsten Mattison, Jennifer Harlow, Vanessa Morton, Angela Cook, Frank Pollari, Sabah Bidawid, Jeffrey M. Farber,
... fresh produce accounts for some sporadic cases of norovirus and rotavirus gastroenteritis. During April 27–November 23, ... taken on weeks with a statutory holiday) for norovirus or rotavirus RNA. Packaged leafy greens were purchased ... which FCV was not recovered were positive for norovirus (CE-V-09–0138) and rotavirus (CE-V- ... these 275 samples, 148 (54%) were positive for norovirus by real-time reverse transcription–PCR (RT-PCR) ( ... by RT-PCR (6). To confirm detection of norovirus RNA, we amplified a second norovirus target by ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2010 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Emerging infectious diseases
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Andrew Kirby, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Winifred Dove, Sarah Cristina Fontes Vieira, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Luís E. Cuevas,
The detection of norovirus by ELISA and immunochromatographic methods may facilitate epidemiological studies into the global disease burden associated with norovirus gastroenteritis and provide a quick method of testing for norovirus infection.To evaluate the new RIDASCREEN norovirus ELISA (3rd generation) and RIDAQUICK norovirus immunochromatographic test on a collection of samples from ... compare them against the established 2nd generation IDEIA norovirus assay.Reverse transcriptase PCR, the study reference standard, ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Immunology Research
2010 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Clinical Virology
Dong-Jin Park, Jae‐Seok Kim, Ji Young Park, Han-Sung Kim, Wonkeun Song, Hyun Soo Kim, Mina Hur, Kyu Man Lee,
Norovirus is a common cause of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis worldwide, and norovirus infection shows symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea ... patients of all age groups. Mass outbreaks of norovirus infection have been recently reported in Korea. Herein, we investigated the epidemiological characteristics of acute norovirus gastroenteritis.We analyzed 11,219 fecal specimens of ... to determine positive rates of detection using RIDASCREEN Norovirus ELISA (R-Biopharm AG, Germany) kit by year, prevalence season, sex, age, and region.Norovirus infection was prevalent during autumn and winter, and ...
Tópico(s): Virus-based gene therapy research
2010 - Seoul National University | Annals of Laboratory Medicine
Maria Wadl, Kathrin Scherer, Stine Nielsen, Sabine Diedrich, Lüppo Ellerbroek, Christina Frank, Renate Gatzer, Marina Hoehne, Reimar Johne, Günter Klein, Judith Koch, J. Schulenburg, Uta Thielbein, Klaus Stark, Helen Bernard,
Norovirus is often transmitted from person-to-person. Transmission may also be food-borne, but only few norovirus outbreak investigations have identified food items as likely vehicles of norovirus transmission through an analytical epidemiological study. During 7- ... s canteen was suspected as vehicle of infection, norovirus as the pathogen causing the illnesses. An investigation ... 2009, without detection of a pathogen other than norovirus in stools. We conducted a retrospective cohort study ... were independently associated with increased risk of disease. Norovirus was detected in 8/28 ill persons' and ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2010 - BioMed Central | BMC Infectious Diseases
Yoko Aoki, Asuka Suto, Katsumi Mizuta, Tadayuki Ahiko, Ken Osaka, Yoko Matsuzaki,
To prevent dissemination of norovirus in semiclosed environments such as aged-care facilities, it is important to know the period of infectivity in norovirus-infected individuals. We recruited 13 elderly patients aged 60–98 years with norovirus gastroenteritis (11 residents in aged-care facilities and ... this study, and measured the viral loads for norovirus in a total of 63 follow-up faecal ... polymerase chain reaction assay. The average period of norovirus excretion was 14.3 days (range: 9–32 ... group with 104 copies/g stool showed prolonged norovirus excretion (up to 32 days) in stools. Although ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
2010 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Hospital Infection
Gemma Phillips, Clarence C. Tam, Laura C. Rodrigues, Benjamin A. Lopman,
... this study was to investigate risk factors for norovirus-associated infectious intestinal disease (IID) and asymptomatic norovirus infection. Individuals with IID and healthy controls were ... real-time RT–PCR, to identify cases of norovirus-associated IID and asymptomatic infections. Using multivariable logistic regression the main risk factor identified for norovirus-associated IID was contact with a person with IID symptoms. Infectious contacts accounted for 54% of norovirus cases in young children and 39% of norovirus ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
2010 - Cambridge University Press | Epidemiology and Infection
J. Bancroft Gregory, Laura F. Webster, John F. Griffith, Jill R. Stewart,
Norovirus is associated commonly with human sewage and is responsible for numerous cases of waterborne and foodborne ... chain reaction (RT-qPCR) have been developed for norovirus, however, accurate detection and quantitation remain problematic owing ... of suitable positive controls. To improve enumeration of norovirus genomes from water, a synthetic norovirus genogroup II quantitation standard and competitive internal positive ... quantitation standard demonstrates identical amplification efficiency as wildtype norovirus and can be used as a viral surrogate ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2010 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Virological Methods
... mice living a conventional lifestyle were infected with norovirus, which induced the Paneth cell abnormalities and gut ... effect was specific for a particular strain of norovirus (MNV CR6) and required persistent infection in the ... disruption of the Atg16L1 gene and infection with norovirus but also on the presence of commensal bacteria ... Crohn's disease is caused by infection with norovirus or by any other single microbe. The environmental ... or its immune system are infected with murine norovirus. An intracellular receptor, interferon-induced helicase C domain ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2010 - Cell Press | Cell
Gemma Phillips, Clarence C. Tam, Stefano Conti, Laura C. Rodrigues, David Brown, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, Jim Gray, Ben Lopman,
... incidence of infectious intestinal disease (IID) caused by norovirus are based on electron microscopy or reverse transcription- ... chain reaction (RT-PCR). Neither method accurately represents norovirus disease burden: Electron microscopy has poor diagnostic sensitivity, ... load measurements were used to identify cases of norovirus-associated IID and to produce new incidence estimates ... tested by semiquantitative real-time RT-PCR for norovirus. The age-adjusted community incidence of norovirus-associated IID was 4.5/100 person-years ( ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2010 - Oxford University Press | American Journal of Epidemiology