Sentinel hospital-based surveillance for norovirus infection in children with gastroenteritis between 2015 and 2016 in Italy.

Noroviruses are one of the leading causes of gastro-enteric diseases worldwide in all age groups. Novel epidemic noroviruses with GII.P16 polymerase and GII.2 or GII.4 capsid type have emerged worldwide in late 2015 and in 2016. We performed a molecular epidemiological study of the noroviruses circu...

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Main Authors: Simona De Grazia, Gianvito Lanave, Giovanni Maurizio Giammanco, Maria Cristina Medici, Flora De Conto, Fabio Tummolo, Adriana Calderaro, Floriana Bonura, Noemi Urone, Anna Morea, Daniela Loconsole, Cristiana Catella, Mariarosaria Marinaro, Antonio Parisi, Vito Martella, Maria Chironna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208184